
The Nigerian government is claiming that it has kept its promise to eradicate Boko Haram by the end of December, though the group has staged suicide bombings this week that have killed dozens.
by Frances Martel30 Dec 2015, 2:27 PM PST0

The Nigerian military has arrested Usman Modu Tella, an 11-year-old boy, on suspicions that he had been trained to perform a suicide bombing in the service of Islamic State-affiliated terror group Boko Haram.
by Frances Martel4 Dec 2015, 9:22 AM PST0

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

The latest in a string of suicide bomber attacks from Boko Haram killed ten people and wounded at least twelve others in the town of Fotokol, Cameroon on Saturday. The UK Metro cites some other sources that say nine were killed, and specifies that the location of the attack was actually a village called Nigue near Fotokol.
by John Hayward23 Nov 2015, 8:04 AM PST0

The government of Senegal has just announced a ban on wearing the burqa, or Islamic full-face veil, following mass arrests of individuals with suspected ties to ISIS affiliate Boko Haram. Senegal’s population is 92 percent Muslim.
by Frances Martel18 Nov 2015, 9:38 AM PST0

In a kamikaze-style attack, two young female suicide bombers belonging to the jihadist group Boko Haram killed three Nigerians Monday in a town in northern Cameroon.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.10 Nov 2015, 6:05 AM PST0

President Obama announced Wednesday that 300 U.S. troops will be deployed to Cameroon to fight the ISIS-affiliated Boko Haram terrorist group. The troops will work to establish a base from which to fly Predator drones into the northeast Nigerian enclave in which Boko Haram is headquartered.
by Frances Martel15 Oct 2015, 8:27 AM PST0

Twin bombings in Kerawa, northern Cameroon, took 19 to 20 lives and wounded 140 people on Thursday. The town, on the border with Nigeria, has become a focal point for attacks from ISIS-affiliated terror group Boko Haram.
by Frances Martel4 Sep 2015, 9:15 AM PST0

Nigerians in northern Yobe state are decrying a Boko Haram attack that resulted in 160 people–including dozens of children–drowning as they fled the terrorist group. But the Nigerian military is calling the reports “unsubstantiated” and denying the attack occurred at all.
by Frances Martel20 Aug 2015, 10:23 AM PST0

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has released an audio message in which he confirms he is still alive and calls himself the “governor” of the Islamic State West Africa Province, the new name for Boko Haram under ISIS.
by Frances Martel18 Aug 2015, 11:18 AM PST0

A new raid on several villages in northern Cameroon by Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram has left at least eight dead and 135 others missing.
by Frances Martel6 Aug 2015, 7:32 AM PST0

Nigeria liberated 71 people held hostage by ISIS-affiliated Boko Haram jihadists in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, including 66 women and children, according to the country’s military.
by Edwin Mora2 Aug 2015, 5:57 PM PST0

Speaking at the United States Institute for Peace during his trip to Washington, D.C., this week, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari accused the United States of unintentionally “aiding and abetting” Boko Haram by denying weapons support to the Nigerian military following accusations of human rights violations.
by Frances Martel23 Jul 2015, 7:57 AM PST0

Following a similar initiative covering the entirety of Chad, the nation of Cameroon has imposed a ban on the Islamic burqa in the nation’s northern territories, which have been the target of repeated attacks by Boko Haram jihadists, who often use the burqa to disguise explosives.
by Frances Martel16 Jul 2015, 9:17 AM PST0

Though headquartered in northern Nigeria, the Islamic jihadist group Boko Haram has been wreaking devastation in neighboring regions as well, and in the last six months has abducted some 1,500 children from Cameroon, according to recent UN reports.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.8 Jun 2015, 12:30 PM PST0

Women and children freed from captivity under the jihadist terror group Boko Haram are being held at an undisclosed location by the Nigerian military after accusing each other of continuing to communicate with and work for the terrorist group. Nigerian officials claim they have been relocated to an undisclosed location for more focused therapy to help them work through their trauma.
by Frances Martel22 May 2015, 5:20 PM PST0

The President of Chad, Idriss Deby, visited the Nigerian capital Abuja today to meet with both outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan and President-elect Muhammadu Buhari on how to best jointly combat the looming threat of Boko Haram. Speaking to reporters, Deby lamented that cooperation with Nigeria could use improvement, and that such coordination has been a problem in the past.
by Frances Martel13 May 2015, 6:47 AM PST0

The Nigerian war against jihadist terror group Boko Haram now has two clear fronts: the Sambisa forest, a northeastern enclave said to be the last stronghold of the group; and Lake Chad, whose islands are becoming increasingly easy targets for Boko Haram to hit.
by Frances Martel1 May 2015, 8:32 AM PST0

Rev. Bruno Ateba, bishop of the Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo in Cameroon, complained in a letter this week that the world pays very little attention to the sufferings of Africans in comparison with treatment accorded to victims in the First World.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.28 Apr 2015, 9:41 AM PST0

On Friday, a day after outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan rejected help from the UN, Boko Haram slashed the throats of twelve people in northeast Nigeria while the army evacuated the civilians. Terrorists then slaughtered 10 civilians in Cameroon.
by Mary Chastain18 Apr 2015, 6:24 PM PST0

The Islamist terror group Boko Haram has taken control of a territory in Nigeria the size of Ireland. It continues its efforts to expand within the west African nation and establish an Islamist Caliphate, now with the support of the Middle Eastern Islamic State (ISIS) terror group. While headlines are quick to mention the dead, it is Nigeria’s internally displaced, now numbering upwards of one million, who continue to suffer as they flee the group.
by Frances Martel4 Mar 2015, 7:14 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

Yemen’s president flees to Aden, calls Houthis ‘illegitimate’; Nigeria’s army recaptures Baga, site of 2,000 deaths in Boko Haram massacres
by John J. Xenakis22 Feb 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

As Cameroon and Niger, Nigeria’s neighbors, promise to aid a coalition military against the jihadist terror group Boko Haram, thousands of civilians gathered in Niamey, the capital of Niger, to demand their government do all within its power to eradicate and destroy Boko Haram.
by Frances Martel17 Feb 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

The Nigerian jihadist terror group Boko Haram has staged what is believed to be its first deadly attack on the nation of Chad, crossing the Nigerian border overnight and killing a number of soldiers. Their passage across Lake Chad from Nigeria follows a deadly female suicide bombing in northeast Borno.
by Frances Martel13 Feb 2015, 10:33 AM PST0