Boko Haram

11 Cameroonians killed in Boko Haram attack

Boko Haram fighters torched a village in Cameroon’s troubled Far North Region overnight and killed 11 civilians in their sleep, security sources told AFP yesterday.

Boko Haram suicide attack kills 8 at Nigeria mosque

Eight people are killed at a mosque in northeast Nigeria when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, a civilian militia member and a local resident says.

20 killed in northeast Nigeria mosque blasts

Explosions in and around a mosque in northeast Nigeria killed at least 20 people, police say.

Boko Haram attack kills 18 in Nigeria

Boko Haram killed at least 18 people and wounded scores in coordinated attacks overnight on a military camp and villages around the flashpoint Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which they also tried to infiltrate across a defensive trench, officials said yesterday.

Abducted Chibok girls say 'we won't return': Boko Haram video

Islamist militants Boko Haram releases a new video purporting to show at least 14 of the Chibok schoolgirls whose mass kidnapping nearly four years ago became a symbol of Nigeria's brutal conflict.

27 killed in Nigeria suicide bombing

A woman suicide bomber blew herself up and killed 27 others at a market in northeast Nigeria, two local officials say, in an attack bearing the hallmark of Boko Haram militants.

Second Chibok girl found with 97 other hostages

A second Chibok schoolgirl abducted by Boko Haram more than two years ago has been found during military operations in northeast Nigeria, the army says.

First kidnapped Chibok girl 'found in Nigeria'

One of the missing Chibok girls has been found in Nigeria, activists say, the first to be rescued since their capture two years ago.

Boko Haram links to IS alarm UN

The UN Security Council has said it is alarmed by ties between Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants and the Islamic State (IS) group.

April 20, 2019
April 20, 2019

11 Cameroonians killed in Boko Haram attack

Boko Haram fighters torched a village in Cameroon’s troubled Far North Region overnight and killed 11 civilians in their sleep, security sources told AFP yesterday.

July 23, 2018
July 23, 2018

Boko Haram suicide attack kills 8 at Nigeria mosque

Eight people are killed at a mosque in northeast Nigeria when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, a civilian militia member and a local resident says.

May 1, 2018
May 1, 2018

20 killed in northeast Nigeria mosque blasts

Explosions in and around a mosque in northeast Nigeria killed at least 20 people, police say.

April 3, 2018
April 3, 2018

Boko Haram attack kills 18 in Nigeria

Boko Haram killed at least 18 people and wounded scores in coordinated attacks overnight on a military camp and villages around the flashpoint Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which they also tried to infiltrate across a defensive trench, officials said yesterday.

January 15, 2018
January 15, 2018

Abducted Chibok girls say 'we won't return': Boko Haram video

Islamist militants Boko Haram releases a new video purporting to show at least 14 of the Chibok schoolgirls whose mass kidnapping nearly four years ago became a symbol of Nigeria's brutal conflict.

August 16, 2017
August 16, 2017

27 killed in Nigeria suicide bombing

A woman suicide bomber blew herself up and killed 27 others at a market in northeast Nigeria, two local officials say, in an attack bearing the hallmark of Boko Haram militants.

May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016

Second Chibok girl found with 97 other hostages

A second Chibok schoolgirl abducted by Boko Haram more than two years ago has been found during military operations in northeast Nigeria, the army says.

May 18, 2016
May 18, 2016

First kidnapped Chibok girl 'found in Nigeria'

One of the missing Chibok girls has been found in Nigeria, activists say, the first to be rescued since their capture two years ago.

May 14, 2016
May 14, 2016

Boko Haram links to IS alarm UN

The UN Security Council has said it is alarmed by ties between Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants and the Islamic State (IS) group.

April 12, 2016
April 12, 2016

Boko Haram crisis: 'Huge rise' in child suicide bombers

Boko Haram's use of child bombers has increased over the last year with one in five suicide attacks now carried out by children, the UN says.

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