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  • Nigerian army destroy Boko Haram terrorists camps in Alagarno and Sambas forests. Picture: Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman/Nigerian army public relations

    Boko Haram militants kill 6 in northern Nigeria ambush - army

    Boko Haram has killed more than 15,000 people across Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad.

    2069 days ago
  • FILE: A man walks past a the scene of a bombing after at least 20 people were killed when a young female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a bus station in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on June 22, 2015 in an attack likely to be blamed on Boko Haram. Picture: AFP

    Clash with Boko Haram in Niger kills 5 soldiers, 30 militants

    Boko Haram took the nearby town of Bosso in early June, in an attack that killed 32 soldiers.

    2074 days ago
  • FILE: A man walks past a the scene of a bombing after at least 20 people were killed when a young female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a bus station in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on June 22, 2015 in an attack likely to be blamed on Boko Haram. Picture: AFP

    Nigerian army faces new dangers in Boko Haram campaign

    The military campaign has curbed an insurgency that has killed at least 15,000 people since 2009.

    2081 days ago
  • FILE: Members of the ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ movement march to press for the release of the missing schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 from their school in Chibok by Islamist group Boko Haram, during a rally in Abuja in January 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Nigeria would let Boko Haram pick NGO intermediary in talks to free Chibok girls

    Around 270 girls were taken from their school in the village of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria in April 2014.

    2091 days ago
  • A screen grab from a Boko Haram video shows the leader of the terrorist group Abubakar Shekau delivering a message. The 35-minute message was posted on YouTube. Picture: AFP/Boko Haram

    Without aid, 49,000 children will die this year in northeast Nigeria - UN

    Of the 475,000 deemed at risk, 49,000 in Nigeria’s Borno state, Boko Haram’s heartland, will die this year.

    2095 days ago
  • Nigerian army destroy Boko Haram terrorists camps in Alagarno and Sambas forests. Picture: Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman/Nigerian army public relations

    Islamic State names new leader of Nigeria's Boko Haram

    Abu Musab al-Barnawi was named Islamic State’s governor for West Africa in a two-page interview.

    2116 days ago
  • Nigerian army destroy Boko Haram terrorists camps in Alagarno and Sambas forests. Picture: Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman/Nigerian army public relations

    Niger extends state of emergency in Diffa region hit by Boko Haram

    Attacks by Boko Haram since late May have emptied the towns of Bosso and Yebi near the Nigeria border.

    2120 days ago
  • FILE: A mother sits mourning the death of her husband after Boko Haram attacks at Dalori village on the outskirts of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria on 31 January, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Hunger stalks Boko Haram victims in Nigerian camp as food runs out

    More than 1,200 people have died from starvation and illness in the camp on a hospital compound in Bama.

    2154 days ago
  • FILE: This screengrab shows Boko Haram fighters parading on a tank in an unidentified town. Picture: AFP.

    Chad sends troops to Niger for counterattack on Boko Haram

    Boko Haram killed 30 soldiers and forced 50,000 people to flee when it took Bosso on Friday.

    2172 days ago
  • FILE: A man walks past a the scene of a bombing after at least 20 people were killed when a young female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a bus station in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on June 22, 2015 in an attack likely to be blamed on Boko Haram. Picture: AFP

    Boko Haram attack in southeastern Niger kills 32 soldiers

    It was the deadliest attack carried out in Niger by the Islamist group since April 2015.

    2176 days ago
  • FILE: A screen grab from a Boko Haram video shows the leader of the terrorist group Abubakar Shekau delivering a message. The 35-minute message was posted on YouTube. Picture: AFP/Boko Haram.

    Niger security forces kill 12 Boko Haram fighters in gun battle

    Machine guns, rocket propelled grenade launchers & mobile telephones were captured from the enemy.

    2183 days ago
  • FILE: A man walks past a the scene of a bombing after at least 20 people were killed when a young female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a bus station in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on June 22, 2015 in an attack likely to be blamed on Boko Haram. Picture: AFP

    Youth vigilantes demand R3.5m from Nigerian police

    The Civilian Joint Task Force works alongside the Nigerian military to root out Boko Haram.

    2189 days ago
  • FILE: Nigerian army destroy Boko Haram terrorists camps in Alagarno and Sambas forests. Picture: Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman/Nigerian army public relations.

    Western powers devise plan to fight Boko Haram

    Sources in Nigeria say the leaders are signing new agreements on further defence in fighting the group.

    2196 days ago
  • FILE: A man walks past a the scene of a bombing after at least 20 people were killed when a young female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a bus station in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on June 22, 2015 in an attack likely to be blamed on Boko Haram. Picture: AFP

    US pledges $40m to countries affected by Boko Haram

    The money was to help about seven million people affected by the insurgent group in West Africa.

    2222 days ago
  • FILE. Nigerian army destroy Boko Haram terrorists camps in Alagarno and Sambas forests. Picture: Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman/Nigerian army public relations.

    Nigerian forces repel Boko Haram attack near Niger border

    Boko Haram controlled a swath of land in northeast Nigeria around the size of Belgium at the start of 2015.

    2223 days ago
  • FILE. A Boko Haram flag flutters from an abandoned command post in Chad. Picture: AFP.

    Boko Haram 'lures, traps' Nigerian entrepreneurs with business loans

    Many Nigerian youths have allegedly accepted loans for their businesses in return for joining Boko Haram.

    2230 days ago
  • FILE. Nigerian army destroy Boko Haram terrorists camps in Alagarno and Sambas forests. Picture: Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman/Nigerian army public relations..

    Level of Boko Haram's destruction in Nigeria revealed

    A World Bank report says about 20,000 people have died at the hands of the terrorist group in Nigeria.

    2251 days ago
  • FILE: Nigerian army destroy Boko Haram terrorists camps in Alagarno and Sambas forests. Picture: Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman/Nigerian army public relations

    Cameroon soldiers kill 20 Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria

    Cameroon commander General said the Islamist fighters were killed in the Nigerian town of Djibrila.

    2255 days ago
  • A Boko Haram flag flutters from an abandoned command post in Chad. Picture: AFP.

    'Boko Haram fighters trained in Somalia'

    Somalia’s president made the revelation during a security conference in Germany on Sunday.

    2287 days ago
  • A mother sits mourning the death of her husband after Boko Haram attacks at Dalori village on the outskirts of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria on 31 January, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Boko Haram attack kills 65 in Nigeria

    Officials say the attack happened in the community of Dalori, about 5 km east of Maiduguri in Borno state.

    2301 days ago
  • FILE. A screen grab from a Boko Haram video shows the leader of the terrorist group Abubakar Shekau delivering a message. The 35-minute message was posted on YouTube. Picture: AFP/Boko Haram

    48 killed in bombings in north Nigeria

    The attacks came a day after the army fought Boko Haram militants west of Maiduguri, capital of Borno state.

    2335 days ago
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