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The death toll from the massacre yesterday in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria, rises to 110, as more people are found dead and injured victims die of their wounds. It is the deadliest terrorist attack against civilians in Nigeria this year.
2020-11-29

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that ISIL has kidnapped at least 230 people, including at least 60 Christians, from Al-Qaryatayn in the Homs Governorate.
2015-08-7

The accidental detonation of an explosive device kills 13 vigilantes and injures 53 others near the town of Monguno in northeast Nigeria. The vigilantes were assisting the military in the fight against Boko Haram.
2015-06-18

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta threatens to launch a terror campaign to "defend Christianity" in Nigeria in response to attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram.
2013-04-16

Suspected Islamist fighters go on the rampage in Chibok, Nigeria, killing 10 Christians with guns and machetes and burning down their houses.
2012-12-2

At least 37 people are killed in two days of attacks in northeastern Nigeria, after radical Islamic group Boko Haram issues an ultimatum for all Christians to leave the north.
2012-01-7

Nigerian police say they have foiled a bomb attack at a church in the city of Bauchi, days after deadly clashes between Christian and Muslim youths.
2011-01-31

The death toll from recent violence between Christians and Muslims in Jos, Nigeria, rises to 80. Islamist group Boko Haram claims responsibility for the deadly Christmas Eve bombings in the city.
2010-12-28

Hundreds of Christian villagers are hacked to death with machetes by Muslim herders in Dogo-Nahawa, Nigeria.
2010-03-7

At least 149 people are killed in two days of violence between Christians and Muslims in the Nigerian city of Jos.
2010-01-19