Persecution of Christians

International

30 Civilians Shot Dead In Ghor Province

An official said the killings were to avenge the death of one of ISIL's commanders Fighters have killed at least 30...

International

Widows of Victims of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Say Aid Overdue

After her husband was killed by a Boko Haram suicide bomber late last year, Hajjagana Mbasaru was forced to pull her...

International

83 Nigerian Soldiers Missing In Boko Haram Attack

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Some 83 Nigerian soldiers are missing in action since Boko Haram Islamic extremists...

International

Refugee Story Wins BBC Hausa Women’s Writing Award

The BBC Hausa Service has announced the winner of its first short-story competition aimed at women writers. Aisha...

International

Chibok Girls Reunite With Families In Nigeria

Twenty-one schoolgirls who had been kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Chibok have been...

International

Rebels ‘capture’ IS Stronghold of Dabiq

The small northern town holds great value for IS because of a prophecy of an apocalyptic battle Turkish-backed rebels...

International

How Was Chibok Girls’ Release Secured?

In the early hours of Thursday morning, 21 of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls were released by their Boko Haram...

Top Stories

Dismissed Recruits Disclose

Two of the dismissed recruits of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have revealed on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm that, they have...

International

German Terror Suspect Jaber Al-Bakr’s Jail Death A Scandal

The death in a prison cell of a Syrian refugee suspected of planning a bomb attack in Germany is a judicial scandal,...

Politics

Chibok Schoolgirls ‘freed’ In Nigeria

Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been freed, a senior Nigerian government official has...

Top Stories

You’re Free To Join ISIS – GAF To Sacked Army Recruits

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has said that the dismissed military recruits who have threatened to join ISIS are free to...

International

Syrian Terror Suspect Jaber Al-Bakr Found Dead In Cell In Germany

A Syrian migrant suspected of planning a bomb attack on a Berlin airport has killed himself in his prison cell in...

Top Stories

Sacked Recruits Free To Join ISIS, Boko Haram

The 501 army recruits who were dismissed by the Ghana Armed Forces in 2015 are free to decide wherever they want to go,...

Top Stories

We Are Ready To Join ISIS, Boko Haram – Sacked Ghana Army Recruits

Some 501 sacked Army recruits have threatened to join terrorist groups like ISIS or Boko Haram after what they say is...

International

Over Two-Thirds of Foreign IS Group Recruits Are Well Educated, World Bank Finds

More than two-thirds of the foreigners seeking to join the Islamic State (IS) group have attended high school or...

International

Central African Republic Militiamen Ordered To Vacate Schools

Armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been told to leave the schools they are occupying or face...

Opinion

Living In Fear of Boko Haram Suicide Bombers In Far North Cameroon

Maroua (Cameroon) (AFP) - With his finger on the trigger, ready to fire his weapon in an instant, a policeman keeps an...

Opinion

Nigeria’s Buhari Appeals To World For Aid

Lagos (AFP) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari appealed Friday for the international community to help relieve the...

Opinion

4 Chadian Troops Killed In Boko Haram Attack

N'Djamena (AFP) - Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadists have killed four Chadian soldiers in a cross-border raid in the...