Boko Haram

11 Cameroonians killed in Boko Haram attack

Boko Haram fighters torched a village in Cameroon’s troubled Far North Region overnight and killed 11 civilians in their sleep, security sources told AFP yesterday.

Boko Haram suicide attack kills 8 at Nigeria mosque

Eight people are killed at a mosque in northeast Nigeria when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, a civilian militia member and a local resident says.

20 killed in northeast Nigeria mosque blasts

Explosions in and around a mosque in northeast Nigeria killed at least 20 people, police say.

Boko Haram attack kills 18 in Nigeria

Boko Haram killed at least 18 people and wounded scores in coordinated attacks overnight on a military camp and villages around the flashpoint Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which they also tried to infiltrate across a defensive trench, officials said yesterday.

Abducted Chibok girls say 'we won't return': Boko Haram video

Islamist militants Boko Haram releases a new video purporting to show at least 14 of the Chibok schoolgirls whose mass kidnapping nearly four years ago became a symbol of Nigeria's brutal conflict.

27 killed in Nigeria suicide bombing

A woman suicide bomber blew herself up and killed 27 others at a market in northeast Nigeria, two local officials say, in an attack bearing the hallmark of Boko Haram militants.

Second Chibok girl found with 97 other hostages

A second Chibok schoolgirl abducted by Boko Haram more than two years ago has been found during military operations in northeast Nigeria, the army says.

First kidnapped Chibok girl 'found in Nigeria'

One of the missing Chibok girls has been found in Nigeria, activists say, the first to be rescued since their capture two years ago.

Boko Haram links to IS alarm UN

The UN Security Council has said it is alarmed by ties between Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants and the Islamic State (IS) group.

May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016

Second Chibok girl found with 97 other hostages

A second Chibok schoolgirl abducted by Boko Haram more than two years ago has been found during military operations in northeast Nigeria, the army says.

May 18, 2016
May 18, 2016

First kidnapped Chibok girl 'found in Nigeria'

One of the missing Chibok girls has been found in Nigeria, activists say, the first to be rescued since their capture two years ago.

May 14, 2016
May 14, 2016

Boko Haram links to IS alarm UN

The UN Security Council has said it is alarmed by ties between Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants and the Islamic State (IS) group.

April 12, 2016
April 12, 2016

Boko Haram crisis: 'Huge rise' in child suicide bombers

Boko Haram's use of child bombers has increased over the last year with one in five suicide attacks now carried out by children, the UN says.

March 27, 2016
March 27, 2016

'Suicide bomber' claims to be missing Nigerian schoolgirl

Authorities in Cameroon and Nigeria are investigating a claim from a would-be suicide bomber that she was one of a group of schoolgirls abducted in 2014.

March 16, 2016
March 16, 2016

22 killed in Nigeria mosque suicide blast

Two female suicide bombers attack a mosque in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing 22 worshippers, the army says.

January 31, 2016
January 31, 2016

Boko Haram blamed for deadly attack on Nigeria village

At least 50 people are reported killed in north-eastern Nigeria in a gun and bomb attack by suspected Boko Haram militants.

December 22, 2015
December 22, 2015

Kenyan Muslims shield Christians in bus attack

A group of Kenyan Muslims travelling on a bus ambushed by Islamist gunmen protected Christian passengers by refusing to be split into groups, according to eyewitnesses.

November 18, 2015
November 18, 2015

‘$2bn stolen’ from anti-Boko Haram fight

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of his predecessor's security adviser who allegedly stole more than $2bn ($1.31).

November 3, 2015
November 3, 2015

Nigeria's Boko Haram reveals rocket-making factory

Islamist militant group Boko Haram releases photos apparently showing a rocket-making factory in north-eastern Nigeria.