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Nigeria's military says it has re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized territory, as it pressed on with a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants.
A sweeping offensive against Boko Haram Islamists has left dozens of insurgents dead, the defence ministry says, as the military pressed on with air raids and ground assaults across three states.
Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists could face charges of crimes against humanity, the UN's human rights office has warned.
Nigeria's military has announced a "massive" deployment of troops to its restive northeast, after the president declared a state of emergency in areas where Islamist insurgents have seized territory.
* Boko Haram already controls parts of the northeast
Nigeria's president has declared a state of emergency across three north-eastern territories, because of ever-increasing guerrilla attacks by Islamic extremists.
More than 100 South African companies are doing business in Nigeria across several industries, President Jacob Zuma says.
Powerhouses South Africa and Nigeria have pledged to worker closer together after signing nine pacts covering oil and gas, power, defence and communication.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says it is imperative that Africa's two biggest economies work together for the good of the continent, otherwise both will be considered failures.
Leaders from Africa's two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, are set to meet in an effort to improve sometimes patchy ties.
President Jacob Zuma and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan are expected to discuss ways of improving trade and economic relations between the two countries.
Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, is currently going through a "trying moment", President Goodluck Jonathan says, while launching seven new police helicopters.
Nigerian rescue workers are setting up temporary camps in a remote northeast town and distributed aid to the masses displaced by brutal fighting that left 187 people dead.
Nigeria is to investigate its army's conduct after clashes between troops and Islamist fighters in the northeast killed at least 200 people, the single deadliest event since the insurgency began.
Fighting between Nigeria's military and Islamic extremists has killed at least 185 people in a fishing community in the nation’s fat northeast, officials say.
