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Saturday, 7 February 2015

Boko Haram launches first attack in Niger

Chadian soldiers patrol near the Cameroonian town of Fotokol, on the border with Nigeria, on 5 February 2015

Niger's government said it killed more than 100 of the group's fighters as it repulsed the attack on the border town of Bosso.
The group reportedly killed at least 70 people in an attack on the town of Fotokol in Cameroon on Wednesday.
The Boko Haram insurgency has left thousands dead and displaced more than a million over the past six years.
The militants control a large stretch of land in north-eastern Nigeria.
Its neighbours have promised to send troops to help it fight the militants, who are now attacking those countries.
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Cameroon's soldiers patrol near a tank in the Cameroonian town of Fotokol, on the border with Nigeria, on 3 February 2015. Soldiers from Chad and Cameroon have been sent to Nigeria's border to fight against Boko Haram
Soldiers patrol with military vehicles in the Cameroonian town of Fotokol, on the border with Nigeria, on 3 February 2015. Militants are now crossing the border to attack Nigeria's neighbouring countries
Chadian soldiers patrol in the Cameroonian town of Fotokol on the border with Nigeria on 3 February 2015. The group reportedly killed at least 70 people in an attack on the town of Fotokol in Cameroon on Wednesday
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