Boko Haram
27 dead after Boko Haram attacks on Nigerian villages
World
August 26, 2017
27 dead after Boko Haram attacks on Nigerian villages
Boko Haram extremists killed at least 27 people by shooting them and slitting their throats as they attacked several villages…
Suicide bomber kills seven in northern Cameroon
World
August 6, 2017
Suicide bomber kills seven in northern Cameroon
A suicide bomber has killed at least seven people in a small town in northern Cameroon near the Nigeria border,…
Suspected Boko Haram militants issue video of three kidnapped oil survey team members
Middle East
July 29, 2017
Suspected Boko Haram militants issue video of three kidnapped oil survey team members
Suspected Boko Haram members released a video on Saturday that shows three kidnapped members of an oil exploration team in…
Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnap oil survey team in northeast Nigeria
Middle East
July 26, 2017
Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnap oil survey team in northeast Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have kidnapped 10 members of a geological research team from the University of Maiduguri in northeast…
Suicide bomber kills eight in Nigeria
World
July 18, 2017
Suicide bomber kills eight in Nigeria
A female suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 18 on Monday at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria — an…
A dozen killed, over 40 wounded in Cameroon suicide bomb attack
World
July 14, 2017
A dozen killed, over 40 wounded in Cameroon suicide bomb attack
Two suicide bombers killed at least 12 people and wounded over 40 others in a small town in northern Cameroon…
Mali forces kill five militants involved in hotel attack: minister
Middle East
June 19, 2017
Mali forces kill five militants involved in hotel attack: minister
Malian security forces have killed five militants involved in an attack at the weekend on a luxury resort popular with…
Alone in Maiduguri: the orphans of Boko Haram
Features/Interviews
May 22, 2017
Alone in Maiduguri: the orphans of Boko Haram
Local officials in Maiduguri face the dilemma of how to get thousands of homeless children back to school in a…
UN: Sexual violence increasingly used as ‘terrorism’ tactic
World
May 16, 2017
UN: Sexual violence increasingly used as ‘terrorism’ tactic
Sexual violence is increasingly being used as “a tactic of terrorism” from Iraq, Syria and Yemen in the Middle East…
‘Optimism’ for release of remaining Chibok hostages in Nigeria: Security analyst
World
May 8, 2017
‘Optimism’ for release of remaining Chibok hostages in Nigeria: Security analyst
The 82 Chibok girls who arrived in the Nigerian capital Abuja by military helicopter on Sunday for a meeting with…