Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria
Call For Boko Haram Peace Talks Masks Ethnic Tensions
A group of community elders in northeast Nigeria where Boko Haram has waged a bloody eight-year insurgency are urging...
Malala Meets Her Chibok ‘heroes’ In Nigeria
Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday called for a "state of emergency for education" in Nigeria, as she...
Cameroon Elite Army Boat Capsizes Leaving Many Missing
Only three people have been rescued so far after a Cameroonian army vessel carrying 37 people capsized off the...
Eight Killed In Nigeria Suicide Bombing
Eight people were killed on Monday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a mosque in northeast...
Cameroon Army Vessel Capsizes At Sea, Dozens Missing
A Cameroon army vessel transporting "dozens" of troops from the elite Rapid Intervention Brigade capsized on Sunday off...
15 Civilians Killed In Twin Cameroon Bombings
Two bombers blew themselves up in northeastern Cameroon killing 15 people and injuring 45 others in an attack likely...
14 Dead In Twin Cameroon Bombings
Two bombers blew themselves up in northeastern Cameroon killing 14 people and injuring 30 people in an attack likely...
Toll Hits 19 From Nigeria Suicide Attacks
Nineteen people have now been confirmed dead after four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri,...
Nigerian University Digs In Against Boko Haram
A giant bulldozer digs a deep ditch among the bushes surrounding the University of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria,...
Four Suicide Bombers Kill 15 In Maiduguri, Nigeria
At least 15 people were killed when four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri, northeast...
Boko Haram Executes Eight For Defying ‘Sharia Police’
Boko Haram have publicly executed eight villagers in northeast Nigeria who opposed the enforcement of its hardline form...
Conflict-Zone Contraception For the Boko Haram Homeless
Sixteen-year-old Aisha slips into the white family planning tent at the Bakassi camp for displaced people in Maiduguri,...
Boko Haram Attacks Military Bases In Northeast Nigeria
Boko Haram jihadists believed to be from the IS-supported faction loyal to Abu Mus'ab Al-Barnawi have attacked three...
Niger Jihadists Kidnap 37 Women, Nine People Killed
Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 37 women and slit the throats of nine other people at a village in southeastern...
Female Suicide Bombers Kill One In Cameroon’s Far North
One civilian was killed and two others injured Saturday when four female bombers blew themselves up in Cameroon's Far...
Nigerian Camps Under Strain From Returning Refugees
An upsurge in Boko Haram attacks and returnees from Cameroon are stretching camps for those made homeless by the...
Nigerian University Builds Trench To Stop Boko Haram Attacks
Authorities in north-eastern Nigeria have begun digging a 27km (17 mile) trench around the University of Maiduguri to...
Nine Dead As 7 Suicide Bombers Hit NE Nigeria
Nine people have been killed in a string of suicide attacks in Maiduguri, a city in Nigeria's restive northeast where...
Boko Haram Clashes Kill Eight Chad Soldiers
Eight Chadian soldiers were killed in fierce fighting with Boko Haram insurgents at the weekend on islands on Lake...