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Reuters

Boko Haram insurgent ambush. At least 50 Boko Haram fighters were killed and seven members of Nigeria’s infrastructure security force were missing on Nov. 19, following an insurgent ambush on a convoy monitoring the country’s power grid installations, a spokesperson said. Boko Haram, which has waged an insurgency for 15 years, has been weakened by military and internal fighting but remains a threat as it makes deadly attacks against civilians and government targets. A spokesperson for the Nigerian Civil Defense Corp, a government agency set up to protect infrastructure, said security operatives were ambushed by about 200 Boko Haram fighters during the patrol mission.

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