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  • FILE: This screengrab image taken on 2 January 2018 from a video released on 2 January 2018 by Islamist group Boko Haram shows Boko Haram fighters during a Christmas Day attack on a military checkpoint in Molai village on the outskirts of the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri. Picture: AFP.

    Four dead in suspected Boko Haram attack in Cameroon

    The attack was the deadliest one blamed on Boko Haram in recent months, which have seen a surge in violence after a period of calm last year.

    1124 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: sxc.hu.

    11 sleeping civilians killed in Boko Haram attack

    It was the deadliest Boko Haram raid in recent months in Cameroon. The bodies were ‘charred’, the source close to security services said.

    1134 days ago
  • FILE: Policemen stand on guard at the premises of Government Girls Technical College, where 110 girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists at Dapchi town in northern Nigerian on 19 February 2018. Picture: AFP

    5 years after Boko Haram kidnap, 112 Chibok girls still missing

    On April 14, 2014, gunmen stormed the Chibok girls' boarding school, kidnapping 276 pupils aged 12-17, 57 of whom managed to escape by jumping from the trucks.

    1139 days ago
  • FILE: Chad President Idriss Deby. Picture: AFP.

    Chad fire chief of staff after Boko Haram attack kills 23

    The soldiers were killed after coming under attack from jihadists in the early hours of Friday morning in the deadliest attack on the Chadian military by Boko Haram, which launched an insurgency in Nigeria a decade ago.

    1160 days ago
  • FILE: A Boko Haram flag flutters from an abandoned command post in Chad. Picture: AFP

    Boko Haram fighters kill 23 Chadian soldiers - security sources

    The raid occurred in the town of Dangdala, near the banks of Lake Chad, the sources said.

    1161 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 17 April 2018 a member of the Nigerian Military Police sits on an armoured vehicle during the African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) military demonstration held at General Ao Azazi barracks in Gwagwalada. Picture: AFP.

    Five civilians killed in Boko Haram clash with troops

    The deaths happened in the town of Buni Yadi, in Yobe state, on Saturday, in an attack that the military said also killed five jihadists and four soldiers.

    1194 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    US cuts aid to Cameroon over human rights concerns

    A State Department official said that the United States appreciated Cameroon's contributions in fighting Boko Haram extremists from neighboring Nigeria but had concerns about a deadly crackdown on a revolt at home.

    1204 days ago
  • FILE: A picture taken on 8 November 2018 shows the refugee camp of Baga Sola in Southern Chad, where more than 10,000 refugees and internal displaced coming from Chad, Nigeria, Niger and Camerun found a shelter from Boko Haram's threat. Picture: AFP

    Cameroon should keep borders open for Nigerian refugees - agency

    The Norwegian Refugee Council says since November 2018, there has been a steep surge in displacement in northeast Nigeria, triggered by a spike in attacks.

    1212 days ago
  • FILE: A Nigerian army vehicle patrols in the town of Banki in northeastern Nigeria on 26 April 2017. Picture: AFP

    Thousands flee Nigerian city into Cameroon fearing militant attack - UNHCR

    A spokesman for the UNHCR said the residents panicked and fled after the Multinational Joint Task Force, which had gone to secure Rann, left the city.

    1213 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab taken on 9 November 2014, from a new Boko Haram video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows Boko Haram fighters parading on a tank in an unidentified town. Picture: AFP.

    Boko Haram attacks military bases in northeast Nigeria

    The attacks were the latest against military targets in the region with security becoming a major campaign issue ahead of presidential and legislative elections next month.

    1215 days ago
  • Nigerian military troops salute Nigeria's President during his visit to troops on front lines of Boko Haram conflict, on 28 November 2018, in Maiduguri as part of a military staff annual conference. Picture: AFP

    Boko Haram attacks military bases in northeast Nigeria - sources

    The incidents are the latest against military targets in the restive region over several months that have raised concerns about a resurgence of the Islamist militants.

    1217 days ago
  • Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during a joint press conference with the German chancellor at the presidency in Abuja, on 31 August 2018. Picture: AFP

    Corruption takes centre stage in Nigerian election campaign

    Muhammadu Buhari, an austere and pious former general, will take on wealthy former vice-president Atiku Abubakar at the polls on 16 February.

    1223 days ago
  • The 'Daily Trust' newspaper office. Picture: Google Earth.

    More responsibility needed in Boko Haram reporting - Nigeria

    Nigerian soldiers seized computers and mobile phones, and detained two journalists from the Daily Trust at its offices in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday.

    1234 days ago
  • Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during a joint press conference with the German chancellor at the presidency in Abuja, on 31 August 2018. Picture: AFP

    Nigeria's Buhari accepts setbacks in Boko Haram fight

    In a recorded interview broadcast late on Monday on Arise TV, President Muhammadu Buhari conceded that troops had come under pressure from the Islamists' guerrilla warfare.

    1235 days ago
  • The 'Daily Trust' newspaper office. Picture: Google Earth.

    Nigerian military raids paper after Boko Haram article

    The 'Daily Trust' published photographs on its website of armed soldiers raiding its head office in the capital, Abuja.

    1235 days ago
  • Nigerian military troops salute Nigeria's President during his visit to troops on front lines of Boko Haram conflict, on 28 November 2018, in Maiduguri as part of a military staff annual conference. Picture: AFP

    'Dangerous' rise in gang attacks in north Nigeria - local leaders

    Rural farming communities in north Zamfara, Kaduna and Katsina states have for years struggled with armed criminal gangs who steal cattle and kidnap for ransom.

    1238 days ago
  • FILE: A Boko Haram flag. Picture: AFP

    Niger army kills at least 280 Boko Haram militants: ministry

    More than 200 jihadists were killed in air strikes and a further 87 by ground troops since the offensive began on 28 December, the ministry said in a statement read on state television.

    1240 days ago
  • FILE: A Nigerian army vehicle patrols in the town of Banki in northeastern Nigeria on 26 April, 2017. Picture: AFP

    13 Nigerian troops, policeman killed in Boko Haram attack

    An army statement said the attackers ambushed a military convoy late Monday on a highway linking Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, with Damaturu in neighbouring Yobe state.

    1248 days ago
  • FILE: Policemen stand on guard at the premises of Government Girls Technical College, where 110 girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists at Dapchi town in northern Nigerian on 19 February 2018. Picture: AFP

    Fight against Boko Haram tops regional summit agenda

    At the November meeting in N’Djamena, leaders had focused on overhauling current strategy in their fight against Boko Haram, Buhari said.

    1258 days ago
  • FILE; Children stand in the shade of a temporary structure in one of the IDP (Internally Displaced People) camps in Pulka on 1 August 2018. As the presidential race heats up ahead of February polls, the Nigerian government and officials of Borno state, the epicentre of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency, are encouraging and facilitating the "return" of tens of thousands of people. Picture: AFP

    Nigeria's military bans Unicef over 'spies' training claim

    The military has accused the UN children's agency of hosting workshops in Maiduguri and training people for 'clandestine' activities that are 'sabotaging' counterterrorism efforts.

    1259 days ago
  • FILE: A Boko Haram flag flutters from an abandoned command post in Chad. Picture: AFP

    Boko Haram kills two soldiers in Nigeria attack

    The twin gun and suicide attacks happened early Saturday evening at Gulumba village, in the Bama district of Borno state.

    1264 days ago
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