Africa is providing safe haven to Islamist terrorist groups
Africa is fast-becoming a region where terrorist groups like the Islamic State and al-Qaeda that have been battered by attacks from the West are reconstituting...
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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...
Islamic extremists kidnap young girl after failed attack on pastor’s house
After a failed attack on a local pastor's house in Kaduna State, Nigeria, in which shots were fired, Islamic extremists abducted four other people from...
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,...
Libyan and Nigerian authorities discuss repatriation of progeny of Islamic State terrorists
The Minister of Justice of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Mohamed Lamlum, held discussions with the Charge d’Affairs of the Nigerian Embassy in Libya,...
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...