Borno State

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Vigilantes with homemade weapons take on Boko Haram in Nigeria

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In northeast Nigeria, Boko Haram is hiding in plain sight, so thousands of citizens there have formed their own vigilante group for protection. The idea is to do what the Nigerian military can’t seem to do: root out the extremists

What's left of the state boarding school in Chibok, a remote town in northeast Nigeria Borno State. On April 14, Boko Haram militants raided the school on April 14th in search of food. They found the girls and kidnapped them. More than 200 are still missi

The town where the Nigerian girls were kidnapped is the heartland of Boko Haram

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Nigeria’s kidnapped girls spur public anger, vigils and a Paris summit

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