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  "path": "/global/2026/06/09/nigeria-us-deaths/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T22:43:02.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
  "tags": [
    "Analysis",
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    "Africa",
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    "Joe Glenton"
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  "textContent": "In northern Nigeria, US-backed airstrikes have killed dozens of civilians, locals say. The US previously announced that 175 Islamic State militants had been killed in May. US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has a large neocolonial footprint on the continent. Drop Site News reported this week: The strikes were part of an expanding war between the Nigerian […]\n\nBy Joe Glenton",
  "title": "Nigeria locals recount horror of civilian deaths in US-led airstrikes"
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