{"id":4011,"date":"2015-01-04T08:25:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T13:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=4011"},"modified":"2015-01-04T08:25:20","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T13:25:20","slug":"bbc-news-boko-haram-seizes-army-base-in-nigeria-town-of-baga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=4011","title":{"rendered":"BBC News &#8211; Boko Haram &#8216;seizes army base&#8217; in Nigeria town of Baga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-30672391\">BBC News &#8211; Boko Haram &#8216;seizes army base&#8217; in Nigeria town of Baga<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story_continues_1\" class=\"introduction\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\">Officials in Nigeria say the Islamist group Boko Haram has seized a town and a military base used by a multinational force set up to fight the insurgents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\">The senator for Borno North said troops abandoned the base in the town of Baga after it was attacked on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\">Residents of Baga, who fled by boat to neighbouring Chad, said many people had been killed and the town set ablaze.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\">Baga, scene of a Nigerian army massacre in 2013, was one of the last towns in the area under government control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <w:WordDocument>\n  <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n  <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin\/>\n <\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a name=\"OLE_LINK4\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK5\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK6\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK7\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK8\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK9\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK10\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK11\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK12\"><\/a><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK11;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: LucidaGrande; color: #282828;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 1.077em; text-rendering: auto; clear: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\"><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC News &#8211; Boko Haram &#8216;seizes army base&#8217; in Nigeria town of Baga. 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