Nigeria

Boko Haram gunmen attacked a military checkpoint in Maiduguri; troops killed seven militants in return fire and arrested 13 more. The remaining gunmen fled. Police will guard mobile phone masts after 24 of them were destroyed by Boko Haram, which said the masts were used to track its fighters.

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