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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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