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Boko Haram jihadists kill 381 in five months - Amnesty International

A picture of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau taken from a video released by the group on October 2, 2014. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Ndi Eugene Ndi

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The number of civilians killed by the Boko Haram jihadists in Cameroon and Nigeria has doubled in the past five months, a new report by Amnesty International has said.

The report, published on Tuesday, said at least 381 civilians have been killed by Boko Haram since April 2017 in Cameroon and Nigeria, amid a spike in suicide bombings.

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