The Defence Headquarters, yesterday, said the military killed over 300 Boko Haram terrorists and liberated 11 communities in the north east zone in the last two days. The Special Forces prosecuting the war on terrorism liberated the communities in seven local government areas out of the eight hitherto attacked by Boko Haram terrorists in Adamawa State.

The local government areas fully liberated so far are Mubi North, Mubi South, Hong, Gombi, Maiha, Ganye and Michika while the only local government yet to be fully liberated is Madagali. About 30 civilians were also killed when an unidentified aircraft dropped a bomb on a Nigerian border village, military sources based nearby in Niger said yesterday.

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Egyptian special forces have allegedly launched a ground attack in Libya’s Islamic State-held Derna capturing dozens of Islamist militants, according to Egyptian and Libyan reports.

Ansa news agency cited unnamed local sources as saying that an Egyptian commando stormed the eastern Libyan town, a stronghold of the Islamic State (Isis) there, “capturing 55 Daesh [IS] militants”.

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Around 20 Islamist militants attacked a checkpoint in Tunisia’s central Kasserine region, killing four police officers and stealing their weapons, the government said on Wednesday.

Okba Ibn Nafaa, a small brigade of al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters operating in mountains along the Algerian border, were behind Tuesday night’s attack, interior ministry spokesman Mohamed Ali Aroui told reporters.

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The Defence headquarters (DHQ) has said operations to clear terrorists from Monguno and other communities in Borno State were successful.

Boko Haram launched a pre-dawn raid on Monguno, 137 kilometers from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

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The Egyptian armed forces carried out an airstrike on the self-proclaimed ‘Islamic State’ in Libya. They hit camps, training sites, and ammunition and weaponry warehouses after 21 Coptic Egyptians were killed on Saturday.

The strike, conducted in the early hours of Monday “hit its targets accurately”, an armed forces statement said.

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The military Saturday repelled an attack on Gombe by Boko Haram who, as they retreated, warned residents not to participate in the country’s elections in March.

Scores of the rebels assaulted Gombe in the morning and engaged in heavy fighting with the army. Two air force jets also attacked the rebels.

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Suspected Nigerian Boko Haram militants have carried out an attack on Chad overnight, the first such assault on Chadian soil, security sources say.

Officials said the fighters crossed Lake Chad by motorboat and attacked a village on the shores of the lake.

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