Nigerian Military Retakes Key Town from Boko Haram

Nigeria's military says it has reclaimed a strategically located town from the Boko Haram militant group, as the two sides struggle for territory in Nigeria's northeast. The military tweeted on Saturday that it has retaken Baga, the site of a horrific massacre of villagers at the militants' hands early this year, with an estimate of as many as 2,000 dead. The town, located on a major supply route at the borders of Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon, had been in the hands of the...

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