Gunmen killed at least 45 people in northwest Nigerian town
Militants killed at least 45 people in an attack on the town of Faru in northwest Nigeria, residents and a hospital...
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Nigerian Kaduna state closes schools after more than 100 students were kidnapped from a Baptist high school
Nigerian authorities in northwest Kaduna state have closed 13 schools after more than 140 students were kidnapped Monday from a Baptist high school,
Boko Haram terrorists abduct Catholic priest in Borno
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists have kidnapped a Catholic Priest with the Dioceses of Maiduguri, Reverend Fr. Elijah Juma Wada.
Nigerian Islamic State leader Ousmane Illiassou Djibo designated a terrorist by US authorities
Today, the United States is designating Ousmane Illiassou Djibo – also known as Petit Chapori – as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) under section...
Boko Haram terrorists pledged allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist group
A group of fighters from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram pledged allegiance to rivals the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) weeks after the former...
Islamic State-linked groups open up new fronts across sub-Saharan Africa
Islamic State’s affiliates in Africa are set for major expansion after a series of significant victories, new alliances and shifts in strategy...
Islamic State and al-Qaeda terrorist groups ready to unleash terror in Africa
Intelligence agencies are braced for renewed terrorist violence and the emergence of “caliphates” across West Africa as Islamic State...