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US, Nigeria carry out fresh strikes on Islamic State group

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France24 English - Africa 3 days ago • france24.com
Joint Nigeria-US strikes kill 175 Islamic State group fighters, both militaries say
Some 175 militants belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group were killed in joint Nigerian-US strikes in Nigeria's northeast in recent days, both militaries said Tuesday. Washington sent troops to the West African nation…
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France24 English - Africa 4 days ago • france24.com
Nigeria: Who was the targeted Islamic State group leader and why was he targeted by the US?
On May 16, a senior IS group figure was killed in a strike led by Nigerian and US forces as part of a joint operation to target jihadists of the group in the northeast of Nigeria. But although Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was a p…
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France24 English - Africa 4 days ago • france24.com
US, Nigeria carry out fresh strikes on Islamic State group
The United States and Nigeria carried out air strikes against Islamic State group targets in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday. The region faces the double threat of attacks from jihadist groups and from criminal gangs that…
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