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(MENAFN) The European Union has committed €20 million ($23 million) in military assistance to Nigeria, a major push to deepen security ties as the country grapples with entrenched violence.

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(MENAFN) A coordinated military operation involving forces from Nigeria and the United States has reportedly killed at least 175 militants linked to Islamic State in northeastern Nigeria, including several senior commanders.

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(MENAFN) More than 100 civilians are dead and dozens wounded after a Nigerian military airstrike targeting Boko Haram militants struck a local market over the weekend in the country's troubled northeast, rights watchdog Amnesty International...

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(MENAFN) N’Djamena has sealed Chad’s eastern frontier with Sudan following a weekend of cross border violence that left five Chadian soldiers and three civilians dead, according to media.

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(MENAFN) Chad has closed its border with Sudan indefinitely, citing repeated cross-border incursions by warring factions in the neighboring country’s ongoing civil war. The measure, announced by Chad’s Information Ministry on social media,...

EIN Presswire

ICON urges U.S. action on Nigeria’s security crisis, calling for accountability, disarming terrorists/militants, and protecting Christians to restore peace.