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Boko Haram launches series of attacks in north-east Nigeria

Militants seize town of Baga, near Chad, in show of force before presidential election

Boko Haram has launched a series of attacks in north-east Nigeria, hoisting its flags over several towns and overrunning a multinational military base.

Militants from Islamic State West Africa Province, a faction of Boko Haram that split off in 2016, have taken over the former commercial town of Baga near the border with Chad, and seized the nearby multinational joint taskforce base (MNJTF), in a show of force less than two months before Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, seeks reelection.

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from World news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2CCyqmV

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