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Christians in Nigeria are essentially ‘target practice’ - here’s one bishop’s response

By Adelaide Mena - Catholic News Agency

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks to members of civil society groups at the U.S. Embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Power is visiting Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria to highlight the growing threat Boko Haram poses to the Lake Chad Basin region. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Boko Haram still a threat months after ‘technical victory’

By BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks to members of civil society groups at the U.S. Embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Power is visiting Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria to highlight the growing threat Boko Haram poses to the Lake Chad Basin region. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Boko Haram still a threat months after ‘technical victory’

By BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press

In this July 30, 2015, file photo, women and children rescued by Nigerian soldiers from the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in the northeast of Nigeria arrive at the military office in Maiduguri, Nigeria. A video appearing to show proof of life of some of Nigeria's kidnapped Chibok girls was aired, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, along with images of tearful parents recognizing their daughters, unheard of since the mass abduction by the Boko Haram two years ago. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola, File)

Boko Haram video appears to show some kidnapped Chibok girls alive

By Michelle Faul - Associated Press

Nigerian soldiers patrol outside the site of an accidental explosion in Yola, Nigeria, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. Bombs retrieved from Boko Haram exploded accidentally Thursday at police headquarters in Nigeria's northeastern city of Yola, killing four people and wounding a score of officers and school children cut by shattered glass, officials said. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

76 hungry Boko Haram members surrender to Nigerian military

By Ismail Alfa - Associated Press

Children gather around a burnt out car following an attack by Boko Haram in Dalori village 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Maiduguri, Nigeria , Sunday Jan. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola)

Boko Haram burns kids alive in Nigeria, 86 dead: officials

By Ismail Alfa and Haruna Umar - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013 photo, Nigerian soldiers ride on an armored personnel carrier during Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Hundreds of Boko Haram extremists tried to attack the biggest army base in northeast Nigeria overnight but met fierce resistance from soldiers who fired artillery throughout the night. Booming cannon and whooshing rockets woke people living around Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, the northeast's biggest city. Hundreds fled though some were returning home Thursday, May 14, 2015. Many villagers were killed by shells that hit the outlying village of Kayamla, where the soldiers engaged hundreds of militants, according to Muhammad Gava, a hunter who is secretary of the self-defense Vigilante Group of Nigeria. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Is Boko Haram on the run in Nigeria?

Catholic News Agency

Muslims students carry placards and shout slogans against the Nigerian government against the killings of hundreds of Shiite Muslims and detaining their leader Ibraheem Zakzaky in Nigeria, in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Dec. 1 5, 2015. Nigerian Soldiers killed hundreds of Shiite Muslims this weekend after their group opened fire on the convoy of Nigeria's army chief, the Shia Islamic Movement and military reports said Monday. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Calls for investigation after “massacre” in Nigeria

By MICHELLE FAUL - Associated Press

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, shakes hands with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari prior to their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

BRUCE FEIN: Open letter to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari

By Bruce Fein

Secretary of State John Kerry looks on while Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari makes a statement prior to their working lunch at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

BRUCE FEIN: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari dupes the U.S.

By Bruce Fein

In this March 25, 2015, photo, Mark Zuckerberg talks about the Messenger app during the Facebook F8 Developer Conference in San Francisco. Facebook reports quarterly financial results on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Facebook deploys ‘Safety Check’ for second time in a week, this time after Nigeria blast

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Six months into his term, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has still not finished nominating people to serve in his Cabinet. (Associated Press)

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian president, ‘too slow’ to deliver on lofty campaign promises

By Ali Abare Abubakar - Special to The Washington Times

Chadian soldiers stand at a checkpoint in front of a Boko Haram flag in the Nigerian city of Damasak, Nigeria, Wednesday March 18, 2015. Damasak was flushed of Boko Haram militants last week, and is now controlled by a joint Chadian and Nigerien force. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ** FILE **

5 suicide bombings target Chad, killing at least 36 people

By Mbang-Odjim and Baba Ahmed - Associated Press

U.S actor Danny Glover speaks to The Associated Press during an interview in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. Glover is in Nigeria to star in a movie based on people who risked and sacrificed their lives to stop the spread of Ebola in Africa's most populous country. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Danny Glover in Nigeria to star in Ebola movie

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday Oct. 15, 2014 file photo, soldiers accused of refusing to fight in the country's northeastern Islamic uprising appear before a court martial in Abuja, Nigeria. Nigeria's army is reviewing the court-martials of more than 600 soldiers and officers, including dozens condemned to death for allegedly deserting the battle against Islamic extremists, according to an order received by The Associated Press on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File)

Nigeria: Review of soldiers condemned in Boko Haram war

By MICHELLE FAUL - Associated Press

Muhammadu Buhari

Boko Haram fight may require U.S. to train Nigerian forces

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times