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...
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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...
The ISIS branch in West Africa could disrupt elections
The activities of a terrorist group, Islamic State’s West Africa Province, an affiliate of ISIS, could affect the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria, a report...
After Nigerian army abandoned town Boko Haram terrorists slaughtered at least 60 people
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram killed at least 60 people in the northeast Nigerian town of Rann on Monday, a day after it was...
Islamic State terrorist group claims attack on Nigeria troops in Dikwa
Islamic State claimed fighters from its West Africa province affiliate attacked Nigerian military personnel in Dikwa in northeast Nigeria, while military sources told AF