Nigeria kills one of most-wanted Boko Haram militantsMarch 11, 2016 - 16:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Nigeria’s army said it killed an Islamist militant who was among its 100 most-wanted members of Boko Haram following a firefight in the country’s northeast, Bloomberg reports. Nigerian forces arrested the unidentified man after he was shot during an ambush on the village of Dabar Masara in Borno state, army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said Friday in an e-mailed statement. The militant died while receiving treatment, Usman said. Borno has been the epicenter of Boko Haram’s seven-year campaign to impose its version of Islamic law on Africa’s largest economy. President Muhammadu Buhari says his government has beaten back the group since he came to power in May and that it no longer holds any territory. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |