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Why Isis is very bad news for the people of Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham’s (Isis) advance through Iraq brings with it the fear of human rights atrocities against civilians, including execution, torture and rape.
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Gunman at large after shooting police dead in Canada
As a manhunt is under way in the Canadian city of Moncton after three officers were shot dead and two wounded – one resident tells Channel 4 News that the history is repeating itself.
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Nigerian government ‘must do better’
Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says Nigeria has not done nearly enough to find the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram. She discusses the implications with Nigerian government adviser Fatima Akilu.
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Freeing Nigerian schoolgirls now ‘a very messy affair’
The man negotiating for the release of the 200 kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria, tells Channel 4 News about his frustration over the chaos surrounding efforts to free them.
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#Bringbackourgirls: story so far in under a minute
Terror group Boko Haram kidnap 276 Nigerian schoolgirls, then threaten to sell them. Only a handful have been returned to their families, more than a month later. This is the story so far.
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Nigerian military: ‘We know where missing girls are’
Nigeria’s military says it knows where more than 200 missing schoolgirls, abducted by terrorist group Boko Haram seven weeks ago, are located – but says it will not use force to rescue them.
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‘Cruel and evil’ bombing kills over 100 in Nigeria
Bomb blasts in the Nigerian city of Jos kill at least 118 people in the latest attack appearing to bear the hallmarks of Boko Haram, the Islamist group still holding more than 200 schoolgirls hostage.
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Radical cleric Abu Hamza found guilty of terror charges
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza, who was extradited from the UK in 2012, is convicted of terrorism charges in New York.
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Nigeria’s neighbours declare ‘war’ on Boko Haram
Nigeria’s neighbouring countries are ready to launch a “total war on Boko Haram”, the terrorist group responsible for the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls, the president of Chad says.
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Suspected Boko Haram militants attack in Cameroon
Ten people are unaccounted for after militants, suspected to be from terrorist group Boko Haram, attack a plant in northern Cameroon.
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A defence of ‘clicktivism’: how online campaigns make change
In a week which saw a backlash against “hashtag activism” over the #Bringbackourgirls campaign, Change.org’s UK director defends online campaigning – two years on from the website’s launch.
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The ‘terror mastermind’ who was educated in Wales
Nigeria is seeking the urgent extradition from Sudan of a Boko Haram terror suspect born and educated – and reportedly radicalised – in Britain, Jonathan Miller reports from Abuja.
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Can Nigeria protect its own people?
The case of the missing schoolgirls in Nigeria has highlighted the country’s failure to protect its own people as it deals with the threat from the violent Islamist group Boko Haram.
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Nigerian government opens ‘window of negotiation’
Nigeria’s government says it will consider negotiating with Boko Haram, the Islamist group which kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls a month ago. Jonathan Miller reports from Abujua.
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US deploys manned surveillance planes over Nigeria
The US is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.