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September 2, 2014

After kidnapping schoolgirls, Boko Haram takes aim at churches in northeast Nigeria

Smoke rises after a bomb blast at the market district in Jos, Nigeria, May 20. Boko Haram has begun occupying churches in Nigeria’s northeastern region.

NAIROBI, KENYA - Five months after Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls in Nigeria’s Borno State, the Islamic extremist group has begun occupying churches in the country’s northeastern region, Church officials there said.

Published in International