A suspected Boko Haram bombing outside a military barracks in Gombe, the capital of Gombe state, killed at least three people. The government recently seized and destroyed copies of certain newspapers due to intelligence reports indicating that “materials with grave security implications” were being circulated by means of newsprint-related consignment; the move was criticized as […]
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
Boko Haram militants dressed in military uniforms killed dozens of civilians and razed several villages in Borno yesterday; one of the villages, Attagara, was also attacked by Boko Haram on June 1, but villagers had killed a number of the militants at that time. The Defense Ministry denied reports that 10 generals and five other […]
Nigeria schools walk line between Islamic and Western traditions
Suspected Boko Haram militants bombed a sports bar near a military special operations base in Mubi in Adamawa state yesterday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 19; a suspect has been arrested. Over 10 gunmen attacked worshipers at a church in Attangara in Borno state, killing nine people; vigilantes killed four of the attackers […]
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
President Jonathan said Nigerian forces will engage in a “full-scale” operation against Boko Haram. He also offered dialogue and reconciliation to those Nigerians who “joined hands with Al Qaeda and international terrorists” but wish to renounce violence and embrace peace. Boko Haram fighters attacked three villages in Borno state, killing at least 51 people and […]
Gunmen in Kogi state killed a monarch after dragging him out of his palace, and also killed a local vigilante head. Gunmen killed four people as they were sleeping in Wat village in Jos, and injured several others. Authorities arrested one suspect in the May 20 Jos market bombing. A Chibok official said four of […]
Boko Haram shows changing al Qaeda threat
Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base and police barracks in Buni Yadi in Yobe state, killing at least 25 security personnel and 10 others, and setting fire to the base, the barracks, a courthouse, and the home of the district chief. Former president Olusegun Obasanjo met last week in Ogun state with Boko Haram […]
Nigeria pleads for ratification of arms treaty
Nigeria’s defense chief said authorities know the location of the more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls but will not try to rescue them by force. President Jonathan’s government reportedly pulled out of a deal for the release of 50 of the girls in exchange for 100 Boko Haram prisoners. Senate President Mark has ruled out negotiation […]
Boko Haram fears hold Maiduguri hostage
Nigeria’s Army Holding Up Hunt for Taken Girls
A suicide bomber intending to detonate at a soccer match viewing center in Jos died along with two other people when his car blew up on the way; phone signals suggested the bomber was directed from Niger. A Borno state elders’ forum said the military’s failure to properly equip, deploy, and pay soldiers has enabled […]
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.
The UN added Boko Haram (a.k.a. Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad) to its list of al Qaeda-linked terrorist groups, stating that it is an affiliate of both al Qaeda and its north African offshoot, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The designation noted that Boko Haram is also associated with Ansaru (a.k.a. Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina […]
Boko Haram militants attacked three villages in Borno state, killing at least 48 people, the day after bombings in Jos killed over 100. The Army is stepping up recruiting efforts following a recent mutiny in Borno.
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.
Nigeria asked the UN Security Council to add Boko Haram to the UN’s list of al Qaeda-linked terrorist groups. A top US State Department official said the US does not consider Boko Haram as an al Qaeda branch but rather “as its own terrorist group.” The Pentagon reached an agreement over the weekend to share […]
Nyanya: How mastermind was arrested in Sudan
Boko Haram militants burned the Borno state village of Dalwa-Masuba to the ground over the weekend and killed at least 40 residents. Police foiled a car bombing today in Kano; a suicide car bombing yesterday killed at least four people and wounded many more in a mainly Christian neighborhood. Security was stepped up around secondary […]
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