At about 5pm on 6 January 2020, a bomb
explode
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d at a market in
Gamboru Gamboru (or Gamburu) is a market town in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, near the Cameroon border. It is the administrative centre of Ngala local government area.
A 2013 IRIN report indicated that pharmacies in Gamboru Ngala were subject to atta ...
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Borno State
Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern borde ...
, northeastern
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
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The market is located on a bridge which connects Gamboru to
Fotokol
Fotokol is a town and commune in Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region, Cameroon. It is home to Fotokol High School.
The town is about across a small river from the Nigerian village of Gamboru, where Fotokol residents often go for supplie ...
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Logone-et-Chari
Logone-et-Chari is a department of Extreme-Nord Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 12,133 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 486,997. The capital of the department is at Kousséri. Most inhabitants of ...
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Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
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[ The bombing killed 38 people and injured over 35 others.][ No group claimed responsibility.][ Boko Haram often carry out attacks in the region, their ]insurgency
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having caused over 35,000 deaths since it began in 2009.
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Gamboru Gamboru (or Gamburu) is a market town in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, near the Cameroon border. It is the administrative centre of Ngala local government area.
A 2013 IRIN report indicated that pharmacies in Gamboru Ngala were subject to atta ...