West African offensive
Kidnapped Oil Workers Speak On Boko Haram Video
Boko Haram Islamists have published a video showing three kidnapped members of an oil exploration team, after an ambush...
Boko Haram Suspects Arrested After Gunfight
Police in the northern Nigerian city of Kano said they arrested five suspected Boko Haram militants after a gunfight...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Nigeria’s Next Security Problem?
In 2013, thousands of young men formed a rag-tag militia and rounded up Boko Haram members in Maiduguri, northeast...
Boko Haram Kills Eight In Dawn Ambush
Boko Haram gunmen killed eight members of a civilian militia force on Sunday, hiding in trees and opening fire as they...
Boko Haram Claims Deadly Attack On Nigerian City
Islamist insurgency Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the attack on Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri...
Boko Haram Launches Major Attack On Northeast Nigerian City
Suspected Boko Haram fighters attacked the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday, the Islamist militant...
Cameroon Soldiers Arrested After Demanding Bonuses
Around 30 Cameroonian soldiers fighting the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram were arrested after a demonstration to...
Suspected Boko Haram Jihadists Kill Vigilantes In Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed six people fighting alongside the military in two separate incidents in northeast...
The Orphans of Boko Haram
After a night on the streets, the pack of young boys move into Maiduguri's abandoned amusement park in the early...
Freed Boko Haram Fighter Says Group Ready To Attack Abuja
A man purporting to be a Boko Haram fighter said the group plans to bomb Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, in a video seen by...