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The attack early is part of an expanding jihadist campaign in the vast, marshy Lake Chad area

92 Chadian soldiers killed in attack by Boko Haram

News • 24 Mar

The six Nigerian aid workers were seized by jihadists affiliated to the Islamic State group

Jihadists execute aid worker abducted in Nigeria

World • 25 Sep 19

Some of the freed schoolgirls from Chibok in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, in May 2017

Dozens of schoolgirls feared abducted by Boko Haram

World • 22 Feb 18

Details of the ambush have been slow to emerge

Boko Haram kills dozens in northeast Nigeria

nigeria • 28 Jul 17

The government secured the release of the girls with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Freed Chibok girls meet Nigerian president

World • 08 May 17

A Nigerian army poster of wanted Boko Haram suspects in Bayelsa, Nigeria

Chibok girls released by Boko Haram arrive in Abuja

World • 07 May 17

Protesters holding placards during a demonstration marking the third anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok girls in Abuja on 14 April

Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram released

World • 07 May 17

Soldiers take pictures of a banner showing the most wanted Boko Haram members in Maiduguri

Nigeria suicide bomber 'was carrying baby'

News • 24 Jan 17

The government says it has defeated Boko Haram in Sambisa Forest

Nigerian army claims major victory over Boko Haram

News • 25 Dec 16

In the video published on social media, a masked man stands beside dozens of girls

Boko Haram releases new video of abducted girls

News • 14 Aug 16

French President Francois Hollande speaks with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari during a meeting at the presidential Palace in Abuja, Nigeria

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News • 15 May 16

The abducted Nigerian schoolgirls have been identified by their parents in a new video

Abducted girls identified in new Boko Haram video

News • 14 Apr 16

Boko Haram Islamists armed with guns and explosives attacked a village in north-eastern Nigeria

Dozens feared dead after attacks in Nigeria

News • 31 Jan 16

Muhammadu Buhari said 'securing the Chibok girls is my responsibility'

Nigeria orders investigation into missing girls

News • 14 Jan 16

Nigerian troops have won back territory from Boko Haram, but the jihadists still launch sporadic attacks on remote villages

Boko Haram kill at least 14 in Christmas attack

News • 26 Dec 15

One of the bombs went off near a police station in the satellite town of Kuje

At least 15 killed in blasts in Nigerian capital

News • 03 Oct 15

Nigerian army patrols have been increased following a wave of sectarian attacks

At least 44 killed in Nigerian bomb attacks

News • 06 Jul 15

Boko Haram has killed thousands of people in a six-year-old insurgency

Dozens killed after Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

News • 03 Jul 15

Boko Haram hostages who were freed earlier this month by the Nigerian army

Nigeria frees Boko Haram hostages, kills militants

News • 23 May 15

Rescue workers at the scene of a suicide bomb blast in Maiduguri in March

At least 55 killed in Boko Haram raids

News • 15 May 15

Hundreds of women and children have been freed this week by the Nigerian army

Nigerian troops free 234 Boko Haram hostages

News • 02 May 15

There has been no confirmation the hostages were those kidnapped from Chibok a year ago

Hundreds of girls, women rescued from Boko Haram

News • 29 Apr 15

Muhammadu Buhari took 15.4 million votes to Goodluck Jonathan's 13.3m

Nigeria will 'spare no effort' against Boko Haram

News • 01 Apr 15

Nigerian soldiers patrol a refugee camp following recent Boko Haram attacks in the Diffa region of Niger

Mass grave found in Nigerian town of Damasak

News • 21 Mar 15

The Nigerian army patrols an area in Chibok, Borno State

Chad and Niger launch offensive against Boko Haram

News • 08 Mar 15

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