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Nigeria suicide bomber kills 48 students

By Adamu Adamu and Michelle Faul - Associated Press

Michelle Obama (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Boko Haram leader: Kidnapped girls married, converted to Islam

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FILE- In this Aug. 12, 2014, file photo, the body of a man found in the street, suspected of dying from the Ebola virus is covered and removed by health workers, in the capital city of Monrovia, Liberia. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh, File)

Nigeria declared Ebola-free; Africa’s most populous nation given all-clear by World Health Org

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Soldiers from the 35th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade pack their gear as they prepare for deployment to west Africa to aid against the spread of the Ebola virus in Fort Gordon, Ga., Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/The Augusta Chronicle, Michael Holahan)

Ebola guidelines updated as U.S. struggles to control outbreak

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Peter King, New York Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Peter King demands answers on Nigerian’s death on plane, citing Ebola concerns

By Jennifer Pompi - The Washington Times

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan greets some schoolgirls who escaped abduction from the Chibok government secondary school in Abuja, Nigeria. Mr. Jonathan, who faces re-election in 2015, disclosed that he has authorized third parties to try to secure the rest of the girls' safe release from the extremist group Boko Haram. (Associated Press)

White House details efforts to find kidnapped Nigerian girls

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

District of Columbia ambulances wait for emergency calls outside Howard University Hospital, in Washington, DC., Wednesday, August 7, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

Patient with Ebola-like symptoms treated at Howard University Hospital in D.C.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A woman attends a demonstration in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday Sept. 11, 2014, calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok. More than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped from a school in Chibok in Nigeria's north-eastern state of Borno on April 14. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the act. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga)

Report: Boko Haram threatens regional capital in Nigeria

Catholic News Agency

Vigilante and local hunters armed with guns patrol the streets of Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. The United States is preparing to launch a &quot;major&quot; border security program to help Nigeria and its neighbors combat the increasing number and scope of attacks by Islamic extremists, a senior U.S. official for Africa said Thursday. Nigerian insurgents have begun attacking villages in neighboring Cameroon and have been seizing land in northeast Nigeria where they proclaimed an Islamic caliphate. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola)

Islamic extremists grab towns in northeast Nigeria

By IBRAHIM ABDULAZIZ and MICHELLE FAUL - Associated Press

** FILE ** Soldiers stand guard at the offices of the state-run Nigerian Television Authority in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, June 6, 2013. Maiduguri is the heart of Nigeria's Islamic insurgency. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

U.S. plans major border security program in Nigeria

By Bashir Adigun and Michelle Faul - Associated Press