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Suffering Under Boko Haram: The Horror of What Everyday Life in Northeast Nigeria Has Become

January 21, 2015

Last July the small community of Wagga was attacked by the Boko Haram, an extremist Islamist insurgent group. Over 300 of these terrorists came into the village riding on motorbikes and in cars. Most of the Christians fled the village realizing that they would become the primary targets if they stayed.

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