Boko Haram
Snakes and bees ‘flush out’ Boko Haram fighters
Snakes and bees ‘flush out’ Boko Haram fighters
Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram is suspected of bombing a shopping center in Abuja, Nigeria.
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Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped 20 women from a market in northeastern Nigeria as the group continues its terror campaign.
US State Department Ramps Up Efforts Against Boko Haram
The jihadist group has killed more than 200 civilians in several villages in northeastern Nigeria over the past few days. Reports have emerged of collusion between Boko Haram and elements within the military.
Bullets in the classroom: Cameroon students caught in Boko Haram crossfire
Nigeria schools walk line between Islamic and Western traditions
Suspected Boko Haram militants shot and killed a local emir in an attack on a funeral convoy in northern Nigeria.
Cameroon weakest link in fight against Boko Haram: Nigeria
Boko Haram shows changing al Qaeda threat
Boko Haram fears hold Maiduguri hostage
Nigeria’s Army Holding Up Hunt for Taken Girls
Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘targets village vigilantes’
US ‘only’ country helping to find Nigerian schoolgirls, claims John Kerry
The UN cites Boko Haram’s relationship with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) as a reason for adding the Nigerian group to the al Qaeda sanctions list. Previous designations and formal announcements by the US also recognized Boko Haram’s ties to AQIM. Documents found in Osama bin Laden’s compound reportedly showed contacts between the group and al Qaeda’s senior leadership.
In an interview, a Boko Haram member threatened that the group will conduct more kidnapping operations similar to its attack in Chibok where the group abducted over 300 schoolgirls.
Nyanya: How mastermind was arrested in Sudan
The exodus of Nigeria’s Christians
US Officials Question Ability of Nigeria to Rescue Hostages
Chibok: the village that lost its daughters to Boko Haram
Nigerians defy terror to keep learning
Showing the kidnapped girls in its latest video, Boko Haram demands that the Nigerian government release prisoners in exchange for the girls’ freedom.
Boko Haram’s bin Laden connection
Boko Haram’s five-year battle to impose caliphate kills thousands
This is not just Nigeria’s war on terrorists – it’s the world’s fight too
UN condemns terrorists in Nigeria, calls for punishment, demands release of kidnapped girls
Boko Haram exploits Nigeria’s slow military decline
Nigeria abductions: Warnings of school raid ‘ignored’