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Nigerian 'witch boy' attends school after being rescued
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A Danish development worker who rescued a young boy abandoned in Nigeria last year celebrates the boy's first week at school.
Topics: community-and-society, charities-and-community-organisations, health, education, access-to-education, nigeria
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More than 100 dead after Nigerian airstrike mistakenly bombs refugee camp: officials
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More than 100 refugees and aid workers are killed when a Nigerian air force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombs a camp for displaced people, officials say.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, islam, nigeria
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Rescue ships save 800 asylum seekers during break in weather
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Hundreds of asylum seekers are saved from flimsy rubber dinghies adrift on the Mediterranean, as Libya-based people smugglers take advantage of a window of good mid-winter weather to send them to sea.
Topics: refugees, community-and-society, immigration, italy, nigeria, bangladesh, guinea, sudan
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Nigerian soldiers find Chibok girl kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014
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Nigeria's army says another of the missing Chibok schoolgirls has been found, nearly three years after being kidnapped by Boko Haram.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, nigeria
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Martin Cuddihy talks about the big stories from Africa in 2016 Video
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ABC Africa correspondent Martin Cuddihy talks about the big stories from the continent in 2016.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, nigeria, south-africa
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Nigerian army captures key Boko Haram stronghold
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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari says Boko Haram has been "crushed", with soldiers flushing out the militant group's last enclave in the vast north-eastern Sambisa forest.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, government-and-politics, nigeria
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Incoming UN chief names three women to top jobs amid gender parity push
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Incoming United Nations chief Antonio Guterres appoints Nigeria's Environment Minister Amina Mohammed as his deputy secretary-general amid a push by more than a third of the 193 UN member states for gender parity at the world body.
Topics: world-politics, women, united-states, nigeria
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Witnesses describe moment Nigerian church collapsed. Video
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Metal girders and the roof of a crowded church have collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria, killing at least 160 people with the toll likely to rise, a hospital director says.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, nigeria
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Nigeria church collapse 'kills at least 160'
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Metal girders and the roof of a crowded church collapse onto worshippers in southern Nigeria, killing at least 160 people with the toll likely to rise, a hospital director says.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, nigeria
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Schoolgirl suicide bombers kill dozens in Nigeria: officials
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Two schoolgirl suicide bombers kill 56 people and injure dozens more in a coordinated attack in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, nigeria
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Nigeria slams UN for humanitarian crisis comments Video
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The United Nations has warned that more than five million people in Nigeria face starvation if more aid does not arrive in states severely affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, relief-and-aid-organisations, nigeria
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Major famine imminent in Nigeria as Boko Haram attacks cripple economy
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The United Nations believes as many as 75,000 people could die in north-eastern Nigeria in the next 12 months unless there is a renewed contribution from the international community.
Topics: famine, disasters-and-accidents, relief-and-aid-organisations, terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, nigeria
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Nigerian troops find kidnapped Chibok schoolgirl with baby (photos)
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Nigerian army troops rescue one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists more than two years ago, with a 10-month-old son born to a Boko Haram fighter.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, islam, nigeria
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Female suicide bombers kill nine in Nigeria
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Twin explosions from female suicide bombers suspected to be with Boko Haram kill nine people and injure 24 in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri, officials and witnesses say.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, nigeria
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Over 100 Chibok schoolgirls unwilling to leave Boko Haram: community leader
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Nigeria's Government is negotiating the release of another 83 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in 2014, but more than 100 others appear unwilling to leave their Islamic extremist captors, a community leader says.
Topics: islam, law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, nigeria
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'She belongs in the kitchen': Nigeria's President dismisses wife's criticism
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari dismisses criticism voiced by his wife Aisha Buhari in a BBC interview, saying "she belongs in the kitchen" and that he has "superior knowledge" about running a Government.
Topics: government-and-politics, women, nigeria
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Nigeria confirms release of 21 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram
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Boko Haram extremists releases 21 of the more than 200 girls kidnapped by the hard-line Islamist group in 2014 in the northern town of Chibok, the Nigerian Government says.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, nigeria
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Top Boko Haram fighters believed killed as Kerry lands in Nigeria
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Nigeria's air force says it has killed a number of senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly its overall leader, as US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for talks on tackling the militants.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, nigeria
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Boko Haram releases video alleging to show kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls Video
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to the International Crisis Group's Nnamdi Obasi about the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls in Nigeria.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, nigeria
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Boko Haram video purportedly shows kidnapped students Video
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Boko Haram has released a new video purportedly showing some of the schoolgirls kidnapped by the jihadist group from the Nigerian town of Chibok more than two years ago.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, nigeria
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New Boko Haram video claims to show kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls
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Boko Haram releases a new video purportedly showing some of the schoolgirls kidnapped by the jihadist group from the Nigerian town of Chibok more than two years ago.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, nigeria
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Nigeria Ramadan threat averted as suicide bombers fail to hit targets
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Nigeria's army says it thwarted three suicide bombings when soldiers killed two female suspects before they were able to attack displaced people, while a third dies when her explosives detonate prematurely.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, nigeria
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Hostages injured during Nigeria kidnapping, Macmahon CEO reveals
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Five of the seven men taken hostage in Nigeria were injured during the ordeal, with two in a serious condition, the CEO of Macmahon Holdings reveals as their families express relief at their safe release.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, australia, nigeria
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Australian workers kidnapped in Nigeria released, police say
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Australian and New Zealand workers kidnapped from a worksite in Nigeria have been released, police and engineering giant Macmahon Holdings say.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, australia, nigeria
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Village peppered with bullets during Aussie miners' abductions: witness (photos)
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Witnesses in Nigeria say bullets reached a nearby village as seven mine workers — including three Australians — were kidnapped after their driver was shot dead.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, nigeria
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