Boko haram

Tearful scenes as kidnapped Chibok girls reunited with families

The 21 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped and released by terrorist group Boko Haram were reunited with their families amid tearful scenes on Sunday.

5 years, 10 months ago

Female Suicide Bombers Kill 58 in a Nigerian Camp Meant to Be a Safe Haven

A camp that was supposed to be a shelter from terrorism and violence instead became an instant death zone for dozens in Nigeria this week.

6 years, 6 months ago

Reports: 86 Dead as Boko Haram Burns Kids Alive

Members of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram apparently burned children alive as part of an attack in Nigeria that killed 86 people, according to reports.

6 years, 6 months ago

Boko Haram Attacks Northeast Nigerian City, Many Killed

Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri for the first time in months Monday with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers, witnesses said. At least 30 people were killed and the death toll could go higher.

6 years, 7 months ago

Boko Haram Is Suspected After Explosion in Nigeria Kills 32

A blast in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola on Tuesday night tore through a marketplace, killing 32 people and wounding 80 others, according to the local authorities and witnesses.

6 years, 9 months ago

Nigerian Troops Rescue 338 People Held by Boko Haram

President Muhammadu Buhari has given his military commanders until the end of December to defeat the group

6 years, 9 months ago

Nigeria’s Military Says it is Closing in on Boko Haram

Nigeria’s military Sunday called on Boko Haram militants to surrender, saying it was closing in on them. Spokesman Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman said the army knows all the Boko Haram hideouts and camps.

6 years, 10 months ago

More Than 100 Killed by Boko Haram Bombings in Nigeria

More than 100 people were killed Sunday evening in northern Nigeria in a quick succession of what appeared to be carefully coordinated bombings by Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group.

6 years, 10 months ago

Boko Haram Crisis: 'Dozens Drown' Fleeing Nigeria Attack

Reports in Nigeria say as many as 60 people may have been killed after a raid on a village in the north-east by suspected Boko Haram militants.

6 years, 12 months ago

Suspected Boko Haram Bomb in Nigerian Market Kills About 50

A bomb attack on a packed market in north-eastern Nigeria bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram killed about 50 people on Tuesday, sources told the Reuters news agency.

7 years ago

At Least 44 Killed, 47 Injured in Twin Bomb Blasts in Central Nigerian City Jos

At least 44 people have been killed in twin bomb blasts in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the country's main relief agency says, after a bloody week of violence blamed on Boko Haram.

7 years, 1 month ago

Bomb at Nigerian Market Kills 32; Boko Haram Blamed

Almost daily bomb attacks in northeastern Nigeria -- the latest a bombing in a market in the town of Jimeta in Adamawa state that killed at least 32 -- seem designed to send an ominous message to new President Muhammadu Buhari: Boko Haram is not going away.

7 years, 2 months ago

How Nigeria Turned a Corner Against Boko Haram

The Nigerian army has recaptured all of the major towns occupied by Boko Haram in recent months, and rescued nearly 1,000 kidnapped women and children. It claims to have destroyed several of the militants’ camps, pursued the group into the Sambisa forest and arrested those suspected of supplying them with food and fuel.

7 years, 2 months ago

Boko Haram Pledges Allegiance to ISIL

The announcement came in an audio message posted online where the leader of the insurgents Abubakar Shekau purportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group which currently rules a self-declared Caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria.

7 years, 5 months ago

Niger Army Repels Fresh Boko Haram Attack on Border Town

Niger's army repelled the second attack in three days by Boko Haram on the border town of Diffa on Sunday, a day before its parliament votes on whether to join a regional offensive against the Nigerian Islamist group.

7 years, 6 months ago