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One of the students left behind when armed men kidnapped 317 girls from a Government Girls Junior Secondary School in Jangebe, Nigeria, on Friday.

Police confirm 317 schoolgirls kidnapped in night-time raid in Nigeria

Parents said they had no faith in authorities to return their kidnapped girls and would follow them into a forest where police believes they are being held.

  • Hamza Ibrahim

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People inspect belongings of missing Government Science secondary school student at their hostel in Kankara, Nigeria.

Hundreds of students still missing as Boko Haram claims Kankara attack

Although the government says it's negotiating with the gunmen who abducted more than 330 students, families still don't know if their children survived.

  • Sam Olukoya and Carley Petesch
French President Emmanuel Macron's office confirmed that French nationals had been killed in Niger. It said Macron spoke on the phone with Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou.

Gunmen armed with flamethrowers kill French aid workers in giraffe reserve

The group had been at the reserve for less than an hour when they were shot, their car set aflame and their bodies left in the sand.

In this 2015 file photo, Cameroon soldiers stand guard at a lookout post as they take part in operations against the Islamic extremists group Boko Haram.

Militants kill 20 soldiers, 40 civilians in Nigeria attacks

The attacks, in the Monguno and Nganzai local government areas, came just days after militants killed at least 69 people in a raid on a village in a third area, Gubio.

People check the remnants of houses destroyed by extremists in Monguno, Borno state, Nigeria, last year.

Boko Haram razes village, kills dozens in northern Nigeria

Sources said gunmen attacked because they suspected residents of sharing information on the terror group's movements with security authorities.

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Motorcycle gang massacres dozens of villagers in Nigeria

Hundreds of people have been killed in the north-west of Nigeria since last year, in attacks the government attributes to 'bandits'.

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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari

Nigeria scrambles following US immigration ban

Most citizens of Nigeria - Africa's most populous nation and biggest economy - and Eritrea would be blocked from coming to live and work in the United States under the measure.

  • Danielle Paquette
Emergency personnel collect bodies following an attack by suicide bombers at the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria.

Suspected Boko Haram attack kills dozens in Nigeria

The extremists have defied the claims by President Muhammadu Buhari's administration that the insurgency has been crushed.

Nigeria in ceasefire talks with Boko Haram militants

Nigeria in ceasefire talks with Boko Haram militants

President Muhammadu Buhari's government has repeatedly said it was willing to hold talks with the group.

  • Felix Onuah
Boko Haram release of Nigerian schoolgirls gives Chibok parents hope

Boko Haram release of Nigerian schoolgirls gives Chibok parents hope

The Nigerian government confirmed 101 of the 110 girls seized in Dapchi on February 19 had been freed. Nigeria denied a ransom was paid for their release.

  • Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

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