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Nigeria: Boko Haram member captured in senator's home

Nigerian security forces said they captured a senior commander of the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram inside a senator's home.

Al Qaeda spreads across Africa, says new report

A resident inspects a police patrol van that was bombed by Islamic extremists Boko Haram outside Sheka police station in northern Nigerian city of Kano on January 25, 2012.

Aminu Abubakar

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