Tag: Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria

Nigeria is reviving its search for oil in the country's conflict-riven northeast, aided by China and emboldened by gains made ...

A group of community elders in northeast Nigeria where Boko Haram has waged a bloody eight-year insurgency are urging the ...

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday called for a "state of emergency for education" in Nigeria, as she visited ...

Only three people have been rescued so far after a Cameroonian army vessel carrying 37 people capsized off the country’s ...

Eight people were killed on Monday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, ...

A Cameroon army vessel transporting "dozens" of troops from the elite Rapid Intervention Brigade capsized on Sunday off the country's ...

Two bombers blew themselves up in northeastern Cameroon killing 15 people and injuring 45 others in an attack likely staged ...

Two bombers blew themselves up in northeastern Cameroon killing 14 people and injuring 30 people in an attack likely staged ...

Nineteen people have now been confirmed dead after four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, police ...

A giant bulldozer digs a deep ditch among the bushes surrounding the University of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, turning it ...

At least 15 people were killed when four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, police said ...

Boko Haram have publicly executed eight villagers in northeast Nigeria who opposed the enforcement of its hardline form of Islam, ...

Sixteen-year-old Aisha slips into the white family planning tent at the Bakassi camp for displaced people in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, ...

Boko Haram jihadists believed to be from the IS-supported faction loyal to Abu Mus'ab Al-Barnawi have attacked three military bases ...

Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 37 women and slit the throats of nine other people at a village in southeastern ...

One civilian was killed and two others injured Saturday when four female bombers blew themselves up in Cameroon's Far North, ...

An upsurge in Boko Haram attacks and returnees from Cameroon are stretching camps for those made homeless by the conflict ...

Authorities in north-eastern Nigeria have begun digging a 27km (17 mile) trench around the University of Maiduguri to prevent attacks ...

Nine people have been killed in a string of suicide attacks in Maiduguri, a city in Nigeria's restive northeast where ...

Eight Chadian soldiers were killed in fierce fighting with Boko Haram insurgents at the weekend on islands on Lake Chad, ...