Boko Haram insurgency

International

Freed Boko Haram Fighter Says Group Ready To Attack Abuja

A man purporting to be a Boko Haram fighter said the group plans to bomb Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, in a video seen by...

International

Boko Haram Releases Video of Purported Chibok Girls

Boko Haram released a video late on Friday claiming to show the Chibok school girls who refused to be rescued as part...

Headlines

Chibok Girls To Reunite With Parents ‘next Week’

Eighty-two Chibok schoolgirls who were released after being held for more than three years by Boko Haram will be...

International

‘One Refused To Be Released’

The 82 girls were taken to Abuja to meet President Muhammadu Buhari after their rescue on Saturday One of the Chibok...

Headlines

Chibok Girl Refused To Be Part of Release Deal

A schoolgirl who was among more than 200 kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 refused to be part of a release deal because...

News

At Least 80 Chibok Girls Freed In Nigeria

Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released at least 80 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in...

News

Boko Haram Planning Foreign Kidnaps In Northeast Nigeria

Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreigners in remote northeast Nigeria,...

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Boko Haram Planning Foreign Kidnaps In NE Nigeria

Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreigners in remote northeast Nigeria,...

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Boko Haram Attack In Chad Kills Nine Troops, 40 Jihadists

Nine Chadian soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack on an army post in the Lake Chad region on Friday, local and...

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A Nigerian Border Town Choked By Boko Haram Homeless

The Nigerianarmy calls it "New Banki City", an optimistic name conjuring up visions of modern housing. The reality is...

International

Suicide Car Bomb Targets Military Convoy In Nigeria

A suicide car bomber has attacked a military convoy in northeast Nigeria, killing five soldiers and injuring another...

International

Four Suicide Bombers Target Nigerian City of Maiduguri

Maiduguri has in the past been the scene of many attacks North-east Nigeria has been hit by its third suicide attack in...

Headlines

Peace Reigns In Nigeria’s Damasak But Children Still Missing

Yagana Bukar's younger brothers Mohammed and Sadiq were among about 300 children kidnapped by Boko Haram from the town...

Headlines

Triple Suicide Blasts Hit Nigeria’s Maiduguri

Three suicide bombings rocked the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Wednesday, killing one civilian militia...

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Cameroon Jails RFI Journalist For 10 Years

A Cameroon military tribunal on Monday sentenced a Radio France International correspondent to 10 years in prison for...

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Suicide Bombers Kill Four In Northeast Nigeria

Four people were killed in two separate suicide attacks in northeast Nigeria on Monday, local militia members said, in...

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Climate Change Will See Terrorism Thrive – Report

A new report has found that the complex risks arising from climate change, fragility and conflict can contribute to the...

International

Military Court Convicts Cameroon Journalist Ahmed Abba

A military court in Cameroon has convicted Ahmed Abba, a journalist for Radio France Internationale's (RFI) Hausa...

Headlines

Boko Haram Raid Killed Nine Nigerian Soldiers

Nine Nigerian soldiers were killed and 14 others are missing feared abducted after an attack this week by suspected...