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Niger says around 75 Boko Haram combatants have been killed in the southeast and in neighbouring Nigeria by a regional anti-jihadist force. IMAGES
Nigeria's vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, says "no exchange of any kind" took place with Boko Haram to secure the release of 21 Nigerian school girls. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Chadian and Niger soldiers take control of northern Nigerian town of Damasak after killing more than 200 Boko Haram militants. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) At least seven people were killed in a Boko Haram attack on the majority-Christian village of Pemi in Nigeria's Borno state on Christmas Eve, a local official said. "Boko Haram attacked Pemi village, killed seven people and abducted another seven, including a pastor," Kachallah Usman, secretary of the Chibok local government area, told CNN on Friday. "They also burned down a church, a dispensary and several houses," he added. Audu Chiwar, a former secretary of the Chibok community in Abuja, told CNN he received a call on Thursday from a local resident reporting that gunmen had opened fire in the village.
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