Borno

/ ˈbɔːnəʊ /

noun

a state of NE Nigeria, on Lake Chad. Capital: Maiduguri. Pop: 4 151 193 (2006). Area: 70 898 sq km (27 374 sq miles)

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Ask a group of people in the Borno state capital which years were the worst of the conflict in northeastern Nigeria and they'll all give a slightly different answer: for Marama, it was from 2010 to 2014; a local restaurateur put it from 2011 to 2015; an imam said 2015 to 2016.

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A local government official in Nigeria's eastern Borno state holds similar beliefs.

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Ask a group of people in the Borno state capital which years were the worst of the conflict and they'll all give a slightly different answer: for Marama, it was from 2010 to 2014; a local restaurateur put it from 2011 to 2015; an imam said 2015 to 2016.

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"This could be the worst clash between the two groups since they began attacking each other," said Saddiku, who lives in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, the epicentre of the insurgency.

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For example, InterSociety quoted an Al Jazeera report of an attack in north-eastern Nigeria, saying that according to the news organisation "not less than 40 farmers mainly Christians were abducted by Boko Haram in Damboa part of Borno State".