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SHOCKING: Joint west african force says more than 100 insurgents killed in recent weeks - What They Never Told You

FILE PHOTO: Nigerian military ride on their truck as they secure the area where a man was killed by suspected militants during an attack around Polo area of Maiduguri, Nigeria February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A joint military force from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon said on Sunday it had killed more than 100 Islamist insurgents, including 10 commanders, in the past few weeks, as it intensifies a ground and air offensive in the Lake Chad region.

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