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Urgent: Gov't troops repel Boko Haram attacks, heavy shootings heard in Maiduguri

Xinhua, February 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Heavy shootings were heard Sunday as government forces repelled multiple attacks by Boko Haram in at least four different axis of the northern city of Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria's Borno State, local residents and security sources told Xinhua. Endi