Al-Qaeda and Boko Haram exploiting West Africa endemic poverty
The President of Ghana and Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority, Nana Akufo-Addo, has described the activities of Al-Qaeda and the Boko Haram sect in the...
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Nigerian army forces killed sixteen Boko Haram terrorists
Nigerian troops killed 16 members of the Boko Haram terror group in the northeast, a top defense official said Friday. Defense Ministry spokesman John Enenche...
At least 611 teachers killed and 910 schools damaged in Nigeria by Boko Haram terrorists
The United Nations, on Tuesday, revealed that from 2009 until December 2018, 611 teachers were killed and 910 schools damaged or destroyed in Nigeria by...
Boko Haram terrorist attacks leave Cameroon villagers in need of aid
Cameroonian villagers along the Nigerian border need humanitarian aid after deadly Boko Haram attacks displaced at least 7,000 people, authorities and rights groups say. Villagers...
Boko Haram terrorists are recruiting children as soldiers and suicide bombers
The militant group Boko Haram continues to recruit children and use them in battlefields across Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad, officials and experts say. While...
Boko Haram terrorists killed nine troops in Nigeria’s Borno State
At least nine Nigerian troops were killed in an offensive by jihadists in northeast Borno state, two security sources said Wednesday. Fighters from the so-called...
The expansion of Boko Haram terrorist group continues to present security challenges in West Africa
Boko Haram, which loosely translates as “Western education is forbidden,” is a terrorist group based in north-eastern Nigeria and has spread to countries including Chad,...
Boko Haram terrorists killed fourteen people on the Nigeria-Cameroon border over blockade
Jihadists have killed 14 people on a Cameroonian island on Lake Chad near the border with Nigeria after their town decided to block food supplies...
Boko Haram terrorists killed 75 elders overnight in Nigeria
Boko Haram insurgents killed more than 70 members of a community overnight in northeastern Nigeria, local media reported Wednesday. Ali Ndume, a senator and chairman...
Boko Haram terrorists attacked military base in Borno killing five soldiers
Five Nigerian soldiers were killed on Tuesday following a gun battle in Gajibo area of Borno State with Boko Haram insurgents, security sources have told...
Islamic State terrorists take hundreds of people hostage in Nigerian town
ISIS jihadists have taken hundreds of people hostage after a ferocious firefight with soldiers guarding a Nigerian town. Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), also...
Boko Haram terrorist group now recruiting child soldiers
The Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Col. Timothy Antigha, disclosed this in a statement issued from N’Djamena, Chad on Thursday. Antigha said the...