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                    Terrorist Threat Closes Nigerian Schools

   by VOA News

   Authorities in Nigeria's Borno state have shut down all public schools
   due to the threat posed by militant group Boko Haram.
   The government ordered the closure of 85 primary and secondary schools
   last Friday, and the schools have remained shut this week, cutting off
   education to tens of thousands of students.
   Boko Haram -- whose name in the Hausa language means "Western education
   is forbidden" -- is blamed for numerous attacks on schools and other
   government targets in northeastern Nigeria over the past few years.
   Thousands of people have died in the violence. Efforts by Nigeria's
   military to hunt down militants and halt the insurgency have failed to
   stop frequent large-scale attacks.
   Last Friday, gunmen staged a brazen daytime attack on a military
   barracks in the state capital, Maiduguri, freeing some detained
   suspected militants.
   Human Rights Watch says Boko Haram has launched attacks in more than 40
   villages in northeastern Nigeria since the start of the year.
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