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Nigerian army kill 52 terrorists in North East region 

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Nigerian troops in battle with ISWAP over Askira Uba in Borno State.  FILE PHOTO | COURTESY OF NIGERIAN ARMY



By  Mohammed Momoh

Contributor based in Abuja, Nigeria

Nation Media Group

Abuja, 

The Nigerian army has killed 52 terrorists and imposed a curfew in a week-long offensive against fighters of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), in Askira Uba town in north east Borno.

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