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French Hostage Kidnapped By Nigerian Islamists Ansaru Pleads For Help In New Video

A French hostage kidnapped by Islamist militants in Nigeria has asked for French and Nigerian government help in securing his release in a v...

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Islamic Extremism In Nigeria, Africa's Great Unreported Bloodletting

The sophisticated weaponry flooding into the country has enabled Boko Haram to step up the ferocity of its attacks. At first, the Islamic...

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US Consulate Reports Kidnapping In Nigeria's Lagos State

An unidentified foreigner was kidnapped late Sunday in Nigeria's southwest, according to the US consulate here. The incident occurred...

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Nigerian President Jonathan Claims French Hostages Are Still ALive

Nigeria's President claimed today that some of the seven hostages believed to have been killed by Islamist group Ansaru this month could...

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Nigeria - Video Shows 'Dead' Bodies Of Foreign Hostages

A video posted online appears to show the corpses of some of the seven foreign hostages abducted by Islamic extremists from northern Nigeria...

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Italy, Greece Confirm Hostages In Nigeria Were Killed

Seven foreign hostages kidnapped last month by a Nigerian Islamist group from a construction firm compound have been killed, the Italian and...

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M16 Special Forces Storm Bauchi As Briton Feared Killed By Islamist

British M16 Special forces stormed Bauchi State early hours of Sunday morning as news of British hostage assassination by islamist militants...

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Nigerian Islamist Group Ansaru Kill A Briton, An Italian, A Greek And 4 Lebanese Expat Workers

Nigeria-based Islamist group Ansaru said on Saturday it had killed seven foreign hostages it seized on February 7 from a construction compan...

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Islamist Group Ansaru Claims Kidnap Of Foreigners In Nigeria

An Islamist group linked to al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for kidnapping seven foreigners during a night time raid in a remote n...

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Nigeria - Islamists Ansaru Claim Attack On Mali-Bound Army Troops

Suspected Islamist gunmen opened fire on a convoy of troops leaving northern Nigeria en route to deployment with West African forces in Mali...

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Nigeria - Radical Islamist Group Ansaru Claim Responsibility For French Kidnap

The radical Islamist group Ansaru on Sunday claimed the recent kidnapping of a French citizen in northern Nigeria, citing France's push ...

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