
A special advisor to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari told BBC over the weekend that the government “can’t rule out” the possibility of negotiating with jihadist terror group Boko Haram, following a string of bombings and village raids in the northeast of the country.
by Frances Martel6 Jul 2015, 9:00 PM PST0

The government of Chad has intensified its efforts against the jihadist terrorist group Boko Haram following a bomb attack on the nation’s capital, N’Djamena. After banning the Islamic burqa veil, Chad announced a new series of air strikes against the terror group along the borders with Nigeria and Niger, and has begun efforts to detain “beggars” and foreigners to increase safety in the capital.
by Frances Martel22 Jun 2015, 1:12 PM PST0

Suicide bombers attacked Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, on Monday, targeting a police training facility and leaving dozens dead. It is the first such attack of its kind on the Chadian capital, and the Boko Haram terror group is the prime suspect in orchestrating the attack, though no group has officially taken credit for the killings.
by Frances Martel15 Jun 2015, 8:15 AM PST0

Boko Haram militants are suspected of being behind a blast from two suicide bombers that killed 31 civilians Thursday evening in Yola, the capital city of Adamawa State on Nigeria’s eastern border.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 Jun 2015, 9:07 AM PST0

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed his new government will investigate the military in response to an extensive Amnesty International Report claiming that thousands of Boko Haram suspects, some as young as nine years old, were tortured, starved, or extrajudicially executed in the past five years.
by Frances Martel4 Jun 2015, 11:41 AM PST0

Boko Haram has executed its first bombings and village attacks in the new tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari over the weekend, striking both small villages and the marketplace at Maiduguri, the capital of northeastern Borno state.
by Frances Martel1 Jun 2015, 8:17 AM PST0

After years of political apathy toward the beleaguered Nigerian northeast, hardest hit by the jihadist group Boko Haram, recently elected President Muhammadu Buhari is invigorating Nigerians with promises of determined military action against their enemy.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.30 May 2015, 6:41 AM PST0

General Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated as president of Nigeria Friday in the nation’s capital, delivering a speech in which he vowed to fight “official bungling” and eliminate the presence of terror group Boko Haram in the nation.
by Frances Martel29 May 2015, 12:24 PM PST0

A Spanish court has filed a formal complaint against the Nigerian jihadist terror group Boko Haram, citing the principle of universal justice, after discovering a Spanish victim of the group: a nun who was accosted in 2013 by terrorists belonging to the group.
by Frances Martel29 May 2015, 10:47 AM PST0

Nigerian officials reached a preliminary agreement with multinational oil firms to pay back the $800 million Nigeria owes the oil suppliers in an effort to bring an end to the country’s dire fuel shortage.
by Michael Lucchese27 May 2015, 6:12 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

On April 14, 2014, the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram abducted more than 300 schoolgirls from the village of Chibok, cementing their international reputation as one of the most ruthless and dangerous terror groups in the world. One year later, more than 200 of those girls remain missing, and Nigeria’s president-elect is making no promises to find them.
by Frances Martel14 Apr 2015, 6:58 AM PST0

A group of an estimated 20 Boko Haram terrorists attacked a northeastern Nigerian village on Sunday night after gathering Muslims during evening prayers, claiming to be preachers, and bombing the village’s mosque while shooting anyone in sight. The attack differs from many as the Islamist group tends to target Christian populations.
by Frances Martel7 Apr 2015, 9:10 AM PST0

The Nigerian people have spoken, and they have elected a former military dictator from the nation’s Muslim north to defeat Boko Haram. President-elect Muhammadu Buhari vowed on Wednesday, in a more extensive second statement on his election victory, to “spare no effort” against the terrorist threat.
by Frances Martel2 Apr 2015, 7:17 AM PST0

General Muhammadu Buhari has officially won Nigeria’s presidential elections, after running for the chief executive office in 2003, 2007, and 2011, and ruling the country as a military dictator between 1984-1985. In his acceptance speech, Buhari thanked his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, for conceding defeat peacefully and congratulated Nigerians for having, like him, “embraced democracy.”
by Frances Martel1 Apr 2015, 8:23 AM PST0

Perhaps the greatest success of Nigeria’s elections held last Saturday is that the Islamist terror group Boko Haram has failed to steal the biggest headlines for itself. Former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari is currently leading the polls with half a million more votes that incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in an election marked more by allegations of fraud than terrorist violence.
by Frances Martel31 Mar 2015, 6:53 AM PST0

Nigeria’s electoral commission began releasing the results of its Saturday presidential election on Monday, as delays triggered by protests, Boko Haram attacks, and faulty election technology marred an election already postponed by Islamist violence.
by Frances Martel30 Mar 2015, 6:30 PM PST0