Four civilians were killed in northern Cameroon on Saturday in a suicide bomb assault by suspected Boko Haram militants in which three female attackers and one man blew themselves up, security...
This week, the world’s deadliest terror group wrought extraordinary carnage on crowds of people going about their daily lives.
The fruit and vegetable market in the northern Nigerian city of Yola...
A night-time explosion blamed on Boko Haram extremists killed 32 people and wounded 80 Tuesday at a truck stop in northeastern Nigeria, an emergency official said.
Tuesday night's blast breaks a...
Chad has declared a state of emergency in the Lake Chad region after attacks by Boko Haram militants from Nigeria.
The decision came after at least two people were killed in a suspected Boko Haram...
Nigerian military have successfully rescued 338 captives mostly women and children, from Boko Haram camps in a forest in the north-east of the country, the military has said.
In a statement by the...
Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as preachers killed at least 24 people and wounded several others in an attack near a mosque in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, a military source and witness...
Nigeria's election commission on Saturday postponed presidential and legislative elections for six weeks due to security concerns.
The vote was scheduled to take place on Feb. 14, amid concerns that...
An attack by Islamic extremists killed dozens in the northeastern Nigerian village of Doron Baga, a major fishing centre on the shores of Lake Chad, witnesses said.
Fisherman Usman Abubakar told The...
(Magadli,Daily Post) In a clear indication that the ceasefire deal sealed between the Federal government of Nigeria and the Boko Haram sect has truly crumbled, the insurgents have launched attack on...
President Barack Obama will soon fall sick, Nigeria’s Prophet T B Joshua has told his congregation in Africa’s most populous nation, according a Nigerian Freelance Journalist who goes by...
(Nigeria, Premium Times) Apparently traumatized by the protracted wait for the rescue of the over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents from their hostels in Chibok, Borno State, parents...
The Accra Report is focused on keeping global attention on the #bringbackourgirls campaign, and with that in mind we continue to explore the harrowing element of sexual gender based violence (SGBV)...
The well publicized campaign #bringbackourgirls helped to bring global attention to the often ignored issue of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) during conflicts.
It has been months and our...
Boko Haram has seized control of a town in northeastern Nigeria, the latest to fall into the armed group's hands in the crisis-hit region, witnesses and a local official have said.
Several residents...
With all the skill of a master weaver at a loom, Esther Ogble stands under a parasol in the sprawling Wuse market in Nigeria's capital and spins synthetic fibre into women's hair.
Nearby, three...
The wife of Cameroon's vice prime minister, Amadou Ali, has been kidnapped and at least three other people have been killed in an attack by Boko Haram fighters on Ali's home in the northern town of...
A video recording of the aftermath of an alleged Boko Haram masterminded attack in Nigeria has been sent to the offices of The Accra Report.
This video is very gruesome and shows people fleeing the...
The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Hon. Goodluck Jonathan has come under severe criticism for his perceived lax approach and ineffective leadership in the wake of the burgeoning...
