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Boko Haram kidnaps hundreds, tells stories of Chibok girls

YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — When Islamic extremists snatched more than 270 girls from the Chibok boarding school in Nigeria in the dead of night, protests broke out worldwide. The U.S. pledged to help find them, […]

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Ebola has ‘upper hand’ says US health official

By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Ebola still has the “upper hand” in the outbreak that has killed more than 1,400 people in West Africa, but experts have the means to stop it, a top […]

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Blast at bus station in Nigerian capital kills 72

By BASHIR ADIGUN and MICHELLE FAUL ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants struck in the heart of Nigeria on Monday with a massive rush-hour bomb blast at a bus station that killed at least 72 people and […]