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Thousands Flee Boko Haram Attacks Around Nigeria’s Chibok
Some 7,000 people have fled from villages around the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok because of Boko Haram attacks,...
Boko Haram Attack Kills Seven In Nigeria
At least seven soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack on military positions in northeast Nigeria, a civilian...
Helping the Boko Haram Displaced
Not a single car remains in the town of Dikwa in northeast Nigeria and there's no way to communicate to the outside...
Civilians In the Crossfire of Boko Haram and the Military
The four women lay dazed on the beds of the clinic. The face of one of them was burnt. Another broke her leg during the...
Suicide Bombers Die In Failed Attack In Nigeria
As many as seven suicide bombers, six of them women, have blown themselves up while trying to attack the northeast...
Nigerian Soldiers Filmed Beating Up Disabled Man
Two Nigerian soldiers have been arrested and charged with assault after they were filmed beating a disabled man with...
Nigerian Soldiers Filmed Beating Up Disabled Man
Two Nigerian soldiers have been arrested and charged with assault after they were filmed beating a disabled man with...
Boko Haram Suicide Bomber Narrates Ordeal – “Boko Haram Gave Me N200 (Approx. $0.50) to Detonate Explosive”
An 18-year-old Boko Haram suicide bomber, Amina, who was intercepted by men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps...
Two Killed In A Foiled Suicide Attack In Maiduguri
A Local vigilante and a young suicide bomber lost their lives in a foiled suicide bomb attack in Dalori Quarters in...
Nigerian Fighter Jet Strikes Refugees, Aid Workers In Borno
A Nigerian fighter jet misfired during an operation Tuesday, striking refugees at a camp in Borno state for the...
Three Killed In Maiduguri University Bomb Attack
At least three people have been killed in an early morning bomb attack at Nigeria’s University of Maiduguri, in the...
Two ‘young Girls’ Used As Human Bombs
Two girls said to be aged seven or eight have been used to bomb a market in north-east Nigeria, killing at least one...
Two ‘young Girls’ Used As Human Bombs
Two girls said to be aged seven or eight have been used to bomb a market in north-east Nigeria, killing at least one...
Bomb Blast By Nigeria Barracks In Maiduguri
A bomb has exploded behind one of the military barracks in Nigeria’s north-eastern city of Maiduguri. The BBC's...
Nigeria Sends Female Police To Protect Boko Haram Victims
Police in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Borno say they have deployed 100 female officers to camps for those who...
Nigeria Investigates Reports That Officials Raped Displaced Women
Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women...
Buhari Orders Investigation Over ‘sex Abuse’
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at camps where women...
Buhari Orders Probe of Sexual and Rights Abuses In IDPs Camps
Buhari orders probe of sexual and rights abuses in IDPs camps A 17-year-old girl has told of how a policeman raped her...
Nigerian Officials ‘sexually Abusing’ Victims
Women and girls in several camps in the Nigerian town of Maiduguri are being sexually abused by officials, a rights...