
In what is appearing to have been an especially active Sunday for the terrorists of Islamic State-affiliated Boko Haram, two separate groups of jihadis razed as many as 50 homes in Niger while a separate gang stormed a Borno state village, kidnapping dozens of teen girls. Most of the more than 200 girls abducted from Chibok, Borno in April 2012 remain captive.
by Frances Martel30 Nov 2015, 8:53 AM PST0

Nigeria’s police chief is warning civilians to avoid any abandoned iPads, iPhones, or other expensive technology, as there is evidence that Boko Haram terrorists are making bombs disguised as these items and leaving them in populated city centers.
by Frances Martel23 Oct 2015, 12:20 PM PST0

Between 40-60 worshippers at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria were killed Friday by a trio of female suicide bombers believed to have been sent by the ISIS-affiliated terror group Boko Haram.
by Frances Martel16 Oct 2015, 11:10 AM PST0

Upwards of 50 people were killed in four separate bombings in Maiduguri, a northern regional Nigerian capital, orchestrated by ISIS-affiliated terror group Boko Haram just hours after leader Abubakar Shekau released a new menacing audio message.
by Frances Martel21 Sep 2015, 11:17 AM PST0

Nigeria’s military has imposed a ban on riding horseback in northeast Borno state in an attempt to make members of the ISIS-affiliated terror group Boko Haram more conspicuous and, thus, easier to arrest or kill.
by Frances Martel9 Sep 2015, 9:33 AM PST0

An advocacy group in Washington, D.C. is working to raise funds to keep ten Boko Haram escapees in American schools, with two accepted to four-year universities but lacking resources and family to keep them going.
by Frances Martel21 Aug 2015, 7:09 AM PST0

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists stormed barracks in the regional capital of Borno, Maiduguri, on Wednesday night, killing three soldiers and six vigilantes, as well as injuring 12 others who successfully thwarted the attack. It is the most ambitious attempt at storming the city, formerly Boko Haram’s headquarters, since March 14, and has left the city under a 24-hour lockdown.
by Frances Martel14 May 2015, 8:44 AM PST0

The Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram has abducted between 350-500 people from the northeast Nigerian town of Damasak, Borno state, according to a report by Reuters. The abduction follows news of Nigerian officials liberating a new town while the terror group lost two female suicide bombers to a premature detonation.
by Frances Martel24 Mar 2015, 11:51 AM PST0

The Nigerian town of Chibok, which became world-famous nearly a year ago as Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls during a physics exam, has condemned a federal government attempt to rebuild the doomed school as little consolation in light of the government’s failure to locate and rescue the abducted girls.
by Frances Martel10 Mar 2015, 11:47 AM PST0

Boko Haram killed more than 100 people in northeast Nigeria along the Cameroon border after the Chadian government raided the radical Islamic group’s hideouts. The continuous attacks incited residents in Cameroon to protest against Boko Haram.
by Mary Chastain1 Mar 2015, 7:33 AM PST0

Baga Sola (Chad) (AFP) – Lying on his side, Moussa Zira shows the gaping wound where the bullet entered his thigh the night Boko Haram came to his village near the now devastated northern Nigerian town of Baga.
by AFP28 Jan 2015, 6:35 AM PST0