Hundreds of Nigerian Detainees Freed
Nigeria's military says it has released 593 people held on suspicion of being linked to militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Reuters news agency reports. The chief of army staff directed that those...
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Niger Troops Kill 57 Boko Haram Fighters
Niger troops have killed 57 Boko Haram jihadists during fighting in the southeast Niger, a security source told AFP Monday. Ten soldiers were slightly injured in the exchanges which broke out late...
Gory Images As ISIS Bombs Churches On Palm Sunday
The Egypt bomb blasts occurred on Palm Sunday; a Christian feast commemorating the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem… Two bomb blasts struck two Coptic Churches in Egypt, killing at least...
Confession Of 17-Year Old Abducted And Turned Killer Machine
Ali Mustapha made a shocking confession when he was arrested by the troops of the Nigeria Army at the centre of Boko Haram insurgent. The 17-year old who was intercepted while on an espionage...
Boko Haram Faction Kills Four Soldiers
The Islamists opened fire on an army convoy heading to the small town of Gulumba Boko Haram jihadists have killed four soldiers in an ambush in north-east Nigeria, where they torched an army base a...
Stop Delta, Invisible Forces Before They Act Like Boko Haram
A pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) group known as Young Cadres has called on Ghanaians to stop the menace of vigilante groups such as Delta Force and Invisible Forces before they turn into...
Court Attack Threat To Ghana’s Stability – Analyst
The attack on the judiciary by members of the Delta Force threatens the security of the country, Patrick Stephenson, a policy analyst at IMANI Ghana, has said. According to him the recent spate of...
Boko Haram Torches Military Base A Day After Farmers Killed
Boko Haram jihadists have torched a military base in northeast Nigeria, a day after the group killed seven people in a separate raid, residents said. Jihadists believed to be loyal to a Boko Haram...
Vigilantes Can Turn Terrorists – Nigerian Professor Cautions
A Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Isaac Olawale Albert, has advised African countries to disband political vigilante groups as they could grow and turn...
Africa–The New Bridge Head For USA Military Bases?
The USA is step by step trying to strengthen its military positions in Africa. To do this Washington is still lobbying the idea of AFRICOM to provide security and combat terrorist groups like Boko...
Boko Haram Islamists Kidnap 22 Women and Girls In Two Raids In Nigeria
Boko Haram Islamists have abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in northeast Nigeria, according to residents and vigilantes. In the first attack on Thursday, the jihadists raided the...
Boko Haram Kidnap 22 Girls, Women In Northeast Nigeria
Boko Haram Islamists have abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in northeast Nigeria, residents and vigilantes told AFP. In the first attack on Thursday, the jihadists raided the village...
Boko Haram Faction Seeks Grassroots Support In NE Nigeria
A Boko Haram faction led by the son of the group's founder is trying to win over civilians by shunning the indiscriminate violence of its longtime figurehead that has alienated locals. Eyewitnesses...
Ghana Breeding Unseen ‘Boko Haram’ With Emergence of Vigilante Groups – Group
A non-partisan civil advocacy group, Youth For Working Ghana (YOFOWGH) is calling for the government to take a decisive action to clamp down on the activities of partisan vigilante groups in the...
Boko Haram Raids Stoke Fear of Fresh Attacks
Boko Haram Islamists raided a village in northeast Nigeria, in the latest rampage to steal food and medical supplies, as fears grew of more attacks, locals and security personnel said on Sunday....
116 Million African Children To Get Polio Vaccines
The World Health Organization said Friday 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in 13 countries in west and central Africa as part of efforts to eradicate the disease on the continent....
Multiple Bomb Blasts Rock Nigeria’s Maiduguri
Most the people living in Muna camp have fled their homes due to the spate of attacks by Boko Haram At least eight people have been killed in multiple suicide blasts along a highway in Maiduguri in...
Boko Haram Crisis: Cameroon ‘forcing Nigeria Refugees Home’
The UN refugee agency has criticised Cameroon for the forced return of hundreds of refugees to north-east Nigeria after they had fled from the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency. The UNHCR said forced...
Multiple Bomb Blasts Rock Migrant Camp In Nigeria
Suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants who have fled Boko Haram insurgents near Nigeria's restive northeastern city of Maiduguri early Wednesday, officials said. "There were four explosions...
Cameroon ‘forcing Nigeria Refugees Home’
The UN refugee agency has criticised Cameroon for the forced return of hundreds of refugees to north-east Nigeria after they had fled from the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency. The UNHCR said forced...