
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

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

Nigeria’s Boko Haram islamists have reached out to the Somali jihadist organization al-Shabaab, urging it to switch its loyalty to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.15 Oct 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

The Nigerian military is warning residents in the rural northeast of the nation to beware of unexploded cluster bombs left in shrubbery by ISIS affiliate Boko Haram. Experts contend that it is likely Boko Haram members acquired these bombs by stealing them from the Nigerian army.
by Frances Martel14 Oct 2015, 10:39 AM PST0

Boko Haram jihadists, in a new propaganda video, claimed that their leader, Abubakar Shekau, who did not appear in the film, is still alive and leading the terrorist group.
by Edwin Mora9 Oct 2015, 12:35 PM PST0

Following multiple attacks in its stronghold of northeast Borno state, ISIS affiliate Boko Haram has bombed multiple targets in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, as well as attacking Niger and Chad, both member nations of a military coalition formed to destroy the terrorist group.
by Frances Martel6 Oct 2015, 7:00 PM PST0

The Nigerian government banned all forms of transportation, except ambulances and police cars, in Borno state from Wednesday evening to Friday to prevent any Boko Haram attacks during the Eid al-Adha. Borno’s capital Maiduguri also implemented a curfew.
by Mary Chastain24 Sep 2015, 9:28 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 continues to boast of nearly daily victories in its campaign against ISIS-affiliated terrorist group Boko Haram. Most recently, the Nigerian military shut down an operation manufacturing fake government identification cards for use by jihadists in northeast Borno state.
by Frances Martel18 Sep 2015, 10:09 AM PST0

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and other authorities are considering offering Boko Haram prisoners amnesty in exchange for the more than 200 Chibok girls the radical Islamic group kidnapped 16 months ago.
by Mary Chastain17 Sep 2015, 2:17 PM PST0

The Nigerian military claims “scores” of Boko Haram jihadists are surrendering to authorities, following targeted attacks on their food and fuel supplies in the dense Sambisa Forest of northern Nigeria.
by Frances Martel15 Sep 2015, 10:27 AM PST0

A woman freed from ISIS-affiliated terror group Boko Haram told authorities the militants forced schoolgirls kidnapped from the town of Chibok, Borno, in April 2014 to fight for the radical Islamic group. Her testimony mirrors those of others who told authorities the terrorists brainwashed the young girls to join the group.
by Mary Chastain14 Sep 2015, 12:52 PM PST0

The United States Embassy in Chad, in response to a “credible threat” from the terrorist group Boko Haram, plans to keep its doors closed from Tuesday through Friday, September 11, Fox News has learned from a military source.
by Edwin Mora13 Sep 2015, 6:31 AM PST0

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari told BBC Hausa in an extensive interview that he believes most of the girls Boko Haram kidnapped from Chibok village in April 2014 are alive, but have been dispersed and married off to Muslims.
by Frances Martel10 Sep 2015, 7:03 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

Veteran journalist John L. Allen, a recognized expert in Christian persecution, has launched a controversial proposal that Christians create a memorial to Christian persecution, similar to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, to remind them of the blood-soaked witness of their brothers and sisters.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.8 Sep 2015, 5:59 AM PST0

As a candidate for the Nigerian presidency, President Muhammadu Buhari ran on an anti-corruption platform, vowing to usher in an era of transparency and accountability.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.4 Sep 2015, 8:03 PM PST0

The Nigerian military announced Thursday that it had reviewed 5,000 cases of dishonorably discharged soldiers and chosen to reinstate more than 3,000 of them and that they are fit for the battle against ISIS-affiliated group Boko Haram.
by Frances Martel4 Sep 2015, 6:57 PM 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

The Islamic State-affiliated terrorist group Boko Haram has a small, but very real presence in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, authorities asserted this week. According to Nigeria’s federal intelligence agency, up to 12 people suspected of being members of Boko Haram have been arrested in the city.
by Frances Martel2 Sep 2015, 11:54 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

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

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari gave his new military leaders a three-month time frame for eradicating the ISIS-linked terror group Boko Haram during their inauguration this week, as the group expands its murderous activity to Cameroon, Niger, and Chad.
by Frances Martel15 Aug 2015, 6:57 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush stated “we have a duty to act, particularly if it requires the special forces capabilities that only the United States has” in the cases of human rights abuses and genocide, although
by Ian Hanchett12 Aug 2015, 5:54 PM PST0