Boko Haram kidnaps 40 boys and young men in northeastern Nigeria:
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have kidnapped 40 boys and young men aged between 10 and 23 in the northeastern Nigerian state Borno. In 2014, the militants abducted about 200 girls from a boarding school in the same state. Ref. Source 5
At least 15 killed in 'Boko Haram' attack on Cameroon bus:
At least 15 people have been killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants on a bus in northern Cameroon, a senior local security official and a businessman said on Saturday. Ref. Source 3
As many as 2, 000 people feared killed in Nigeria Attacks:
Bodies lay strewn on Baga's streets, amid fears that some 2,000 people had been killed in the raids. Boko Haram fighters burnt down almost the entire town on Wednesday, after over-running a military base on Saturday, Musa Alhaji Bukar said. Ref. Source 6
Boko Haram attacks village, kills 15 people, ahead of president's visit:
"The terrorists attacked Kambari village which is less than five kilometres to Maiduguri around 5:00 am. They killed 15 people and set the entire hamlet ablaze," Said a security source who requested anonymity. Ref. Source 5
Africa agrees to send 7,500 troops to fight Boko Haram:
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The move came after the council urged heads of state to endorse the deployment of troops from five West African countries to fight the terror group, said the head of the African Union's Peace and Security Council, Samil Chergui.
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