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The Nigerian government has been able to start clawing back territory from Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest. Today, they are focusing their efforts towards the east around the town of Mafa.

Nigeria's missing girls

Infiltrating the forest Boko Haram calls home

Boko Haram 'luring people with loans'

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How female leadership is changing Africa

A Boko Haram flag flutters from an abandoned command post in Gamboru deserted after Chadian troops chased them from the border town on February 4, 2015. Nigerian Boko Haram fighters went on the rampage in the Cameroonian border town of Fotokol, massacring dozens of civilians and torching a mosque before being repelled by regional forces. AFP PHOTO/STEPHANE YAS (Photo credit should read STEPHANE YAS/AFP/Getty Images)

Who are Africa's most dangerous terror groups?

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How Sierra Leone plans to bounce back after Ebola

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Fearless entrepreneurs dreaming big in Nigeria

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Ugandan breakdancers push for social change

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The photographer giving people a voice

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Meet the Godfather of Ghana's Hiplife music

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Ancient religious sites discovered in Ethiopia

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African Start-Up

Uganda unveils solar-powered bus

Love literature blooms amid Boko Haram

Meet the entrepreneurs at the heart of Africa's boom

African Voices

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Inside the dark art of shadow puppets

One man's mission to save Madagascar's lemurs

From covering the news to making it

Inside Africa

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Meet the paparazzo of the animal kingdom

Erotic photography from the ultimate outsider

Did ancient Egypt suffer from climate change?