Chad soldiers killed in Islamic State attack near N’Gouboua
At least seven Chadian soldiers and a local guard were killed in an ambush near Lake Chad, the latest in a surge of attacks in...
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Boko Haram attacks Nigerian army troops in Borno State
Boko Haram terrorists and suspected Islamic State West African Province fighters have attacked troops’ location in Damasak, Borno State, injuring unconfirmed number of soldiers. This...
More that 80 people are killed including 16 Cameroonian soldiers in Boko Haram terrorist attack
More than 80 people were killed, including 16 Cameroonian soldiers, during an attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamists in the north of the country, the...
Boko Haram ranks including ISIS terrorists swelled by 2000 in 2018
Some 2,000 foreign fighters, including from the Daesh (IS) terrorist group joined the Boko Haram militant group in 2018, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to...
Boko Haram adopts hearts and minds strategy in Nigeria inspired by ISIS terrorist group
When a motorbike convoy of Boko Haram fighters invaded Baga in north-east Nigeria last December, residents feared the very worst. Watching the gunmen roll in,...
Nigerian Airforce hits hard on Islamic State terrorists in Borno
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says its Air Task Force, ATF, of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has degraded an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP)...
Boko Haram terrorists killed five Nigerian troops
Five Nigerian Soldiers have been reportedly killed by the breakaway faction of the Boko Haram backed by the Islamic State. In a footage seen by...
ISIS-backed Boko Haram terrorist group raids army base in north-eastern Nigeria
Islamist militants raided a military base in northeast Nigeria, killing a policeman and a local resident, witnesses said Thursday. Fighters in 13 vehicles late Wednesday...
Islamic State enforced leadership change in West Africa province
Islamic State’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has apparently imposed a change in the leadership of its West Africa province affiliate, audio recordings have revealed. ISIS...
ISIS-backed Boko Haram faction allegedly gets new leader
The leader of an Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram may have been replaced, sources say, against a backdrop of speculation as to his fate...
African Union security chief warns that the terrorism is expanding in Sahel
Terrorism is expanding, Chergui told journalists on the sidelines of an AU summit in Addis Ababa, pointing in particular to countries on the Sahara's southern...
Terror resurgence and economic woes threaten Nigerian president’s re-election hopes
Since Alejo Fred lost his job as an engineer two years ago, he has been earning a living by salvaging sellable items from trash. “There...