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'Militant leader' held in Nigeria

bbci.co.uk (1 year and 1 month ago)

May 12, 2012

Nigerian police say they have arrested a senior commander of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the troubled northern city of Kano. full story

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'Militant leader' held in Nigeria

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