Boko Haram
Nigeria in talks with Islamists via back channels
Nigeria in talks with Islamists via back channels
Nigeria: How Boko Haram Activities Destroy Economy of the North
Niger struggles against militant Islam
During testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 25, National Counterterrorism Center director Matthew Olsen provided his organization’s view of the ongoing fight against al Qaeda and its affiliates.
North Mali terrorist haven threatens Africa -leaders
Boko Haram deviates from its normal practice of sending suicide bombers to kill Christians at churches.
Sect attack claim complicates Nigeria crisis
After attacks, Kenyan Muslims guard Christian churches
Africa’s Islamist militants ‘co-ordinate efforts’
Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan says new tactics needed
Abubakar Shekau, the terror group’s leader, and two senior leaders who “have close links to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb,” have been added to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
US to slap “terrorist” label on Nigerian militants
Pentagon aims to be proactive in countering terror threat in Africa
Bodies litter ground after Nigeria religious riots
The al Qaeda-linked terror group has targeted churches in Nigeria on Sundays for three straight weeks.
US expands secret intelligence operations in Africa
In Jos, a suicide bomber attempted to ram his explosives-laden car into a church, while in Biu, gunmen opened fire inside another church.
The suicide attack targeted a police station in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which has been at the center of Boko Haram’s violent terrorist insurgency.
Analysis: Mali: the world’s next jihadi launchpad?
A new Islamist group called Jama’atu Ansarul Musilimina fi Biladin Sudan has emerged in Nigeria and vowed to defend the interests of Islam and Muslims throughout Africa, but adheres to a different “understanding of jihad” than Boko Haram.
The Nigerian terror group has lived up to its promise to “eradicate Christians.”
Nigeria Islamic group Boko Haram spreads alarm far and wide
Profile of Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau
Christians under attack in Kenya, Nigeria
Think Again: Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is weaker without bin Laden, but its franchise persists
Nigeria journalists become target of radical sect
Analysis: Mali: from democracy poster child to broken state
Boko Haram’s association with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has security implications beyond Nigeria.
Brennan on bin Laden raid, and “dangerous” Yemen