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[WATCH] 82 Chibok schoolgirls released

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82 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants have been released. The girls are being released in exchange for Boko Haram prisoners. President...

  • 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

    Two suicide bombers kill 8 in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri

    There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the attacks bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram.

    2031 days ago
  • FILE: Rebel fighter. Picture: AFP.

    22 Niger soldiers killed in attack on refugee camp

    The attack targeted a camp in the village of Tassalit in Niger’s Tahoua, 525 km northeast of Niamey.

    2053 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

    Man purporting to be Boko Haram leader taunts Nigerian military in video

    In recent years, the Nigerian army said it has killed or critically wounded Shekau on multiple occasions.

    2064 days ago
  • Senegals Army General Amadou Kane (C) and US Army General Donald Bolduc (L) review the troops during the inauguration of a military base in Thies, 70 km from Dakar, on 8 February 8 2016 on the second day of a three-week joint military exercise between African, US and European troops, known as Flintlock. Picture: Seyllou/AFP.

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    2293 days ago
  • Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated in Abuja, Nigeria.

    Nigerian president responds to bomb attacks

    More than 40 people have been killed in bomb attacks in the north east of the country this week.

    2376 days ago
  • A Boko Haram flag flutters from an abandoned command post in Chad. Picture: AFP.

    178 Nigerian captives saved from Boko Haram

    Nearly 200 hostages, more than half of them children, have been rescued from Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria.

    2484 days ago
  • Nigerian soldiers walking in the street in the remote northeast town of Baga, Borno State. Picture: AFP.

    Nigerian army rescues 178 from Boko Haram

    101 of the those freed were children, 67 were women and the rest were men.

    2484 days ago
  • FILE: A man tries to gather traces of the blasts in Maiduguri on 7 March, 2015. Three bombings in northeast Nigeria’s largest city of Maiduguri killed 58 people and wounded 139 others, the area police chief said. Picture: AFP.

    Bombs kill around 50 at market in Nigeria

    A Red Cross official said about 50 people were killed and around 70 people were injured.

    2501 days ago
  • A photo shows a campaign signboad displayed by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to show its readiness to defeat Boko Haram Islamists on assumption office at Ogijo, Ogun State in southwest Nigeria, on 3 July, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Suicide bomber kills 6 at Nigeria church

    Red Cross officials said the bomber detonated the bomb during the church service in Potiskum.

    2513 days ago
  • A file of a screengrab taken on October 2, 2014 from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau. Picture: AFP."

    Spain charges Boko Haram chief with crimes against humanity

    The Boko Haram case arises from a militant attack on the eastern Nigerian town of Ganye on 22 March.

    2550 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab taken on November 9, 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.

    Thousands flee Niger town after Boko Haram attacks

    A local politician said the flow of people out of Diffa continued on Thursday even though the town was calm.

    2655 days ago
  • 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 the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau preaching to locals in an unidentified town. Picture: AFP.

    Boko Haram attack Nigeria's Yobe state capital

    Residents say they heard gun shots and massive explosions from around 6am.

    2729 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab taken on November 9, 2014 shows Boko Haram fighters parading on a tank in an unidentified town. Picture: AFP.

    Boko Haram militants attack Nigerian border town

    It's the third major attack over the last week in Nigeria’s Borno State.

    2735 days ago
  • FILE: Nigerians survey the scene of a bomb blast on 23 July 2014. Picture:EPA

    Suicide bomber kills 32 in Nigeria

    A suicide bomber killed 32 people in a Muslim religious procession in northeast Nigeria.

    2756 days ago
  • The accord for the release of the girls has been called into question since it was announced. Picture: AFP.

    Nigeria pact with Boko Haram to free girls still on

    The accord for the release of the girls has been called into question since it was announced.

    2767 days ago
  • FILE: People stand at a scene where a bomb exploded on 23 July 2014 in Kaduna, north of Nigeria. Picture: AFP.

    Bomb blast kills 5 at bus station in north Nigeria

    The blast is likely to be blamed on Boko Haram militants, casting doubt on the recently signed ceasefire pact.

    2768 days ago
  • FILE: Around 60 people in red T-shirts that read “Bring Back Our Girls” marched to residence of Goodluck Jonathan. Picture: AFP.

    Nigerians protest near president's home over missing girls

    Around 60 people in red T-shirts that read “Bring Back Our Girls” marched to the president's home.

    2776 days ago
  • Boko Haram has killed thousands and is threatening stability in the West and Central Africa regions. Picture: AFP.

    Regional leaders step up fight against Boko Haram

    Boko Haram has killed thousands and is threatening the stability in the West and Central Africa regions.

    2783 days ago
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