Nigeria
Retreating Boko Haram leaves mass of throat-slit corpses near Nigerian town
World
March 21, 2015
Retreating Boko Haram leaves mass of throat-slit corpses near Nigerian town
Soldiers from Niger and Chad who liberated the Nigerian town of Damasak from Boko Haram militants have discovered the bodies…
Nigeria says it has pushed Boko Haram out of all but three areas
World
March 18, 2015
Nigeria says it has pushed Boko Haram out of all but three areas
The Nigerian army said on Tuesday it had repelled Boko Haram from all but three local government districts in the…
Chad, Niger launch joint offensive against Boko Haram in Nigeria
World
March 8, 2015
Chad, Niger launch joint offensive against Boko Haram in Nigeria
Chad and Niger launched a joint army operation against Boko Haram in Nigeria on Sunday, intensifying a regional offensive designed…
Four bombs in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city kill at least 50
World
March 8, 2015
Four bombs in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city kill at least 50
Four bomb blasts killed at least 50 people in Maiduguri in Nigeria’s northeast on Saturday in the worst attacks there…
Nigeria’s Boko Haram releases beheading video echoing Islamic State
World
March 3, 2015
Nigeria’s Boko Haram releases beheading video echoing Islamic State
Nigeria's Islamist sect Boko Haram released a video purporting to show it beheading two men, its first online posting using…
Military operations force Boko Haram back to urban warfare
World
February 28, 2015
Military operations force Boko Haram back to urban warfare
Bomb attacks in Nigerian towns and cities look likely to increase in the run-up to forthcoming elections, despite the military…
Residents: At least 30 dead in Boko Haram raids near Chibok, Nigeria
World
February 20, 2015
Residents: At least 30 dead in Boko Haram raids near Chibok, Nigeria
At least 30 people were killed in Boko Haram raids on two villages in northeast Nigerian Borno state near the…
Suicide car bombing at Nigeria bus station kills four, wounds 35
World
January 18, 2015
Suicide car bombing at Nigeria bus station kills four, wounds 35
A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a busy bus station in the northeast Nigerian town of…
Azhar denounces Boko Haram crimes
Egypt
January 14, 2015
Azhar denounces Boko Haram crimes
Al-Azhar denounced Boko Haram's terrorist attack on a city in northwestern Nigeria where they burned a whole village, killing many…
Local cleric: Suicide bombing kills 15 at Nigeria Shiite ceremony
World
November 3, 2014
Local cleric: Suicide bombing kills 15 at Nigeria Shiite ceremony
A suicide bombing targeting a major Shiite festival in northeast Nigeria on Monday killed 15 people and injured some 50…