Two suicide bombers attacked a Nigerian mosque during early morning prayers
Reports from north-eastern Nigeria say two suicide bombers attacked a mosque during early morning prayers. The attack took place in the town of Gwoza in...
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Boko Haram faction demonstrates parallels with Cold War-era revolutionary insurgents
Different ‘Boko Haram’ factions display contrasting militant strategies to achieve their goals. While the original faction Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihad (JASDJ) is one of...
Young boy executes Nigerian Christian prisoner in horrifying Islamic State video
A video has emerged purportedly showing the execution of a Nigerian Christian by a young boy from an ISIS-affiliated terror group. The horrific footage, released...
Terrorism is costing the global economy $34 billion a year
The world’s expensive slide into violence and unrest continued last year, with conflict, terrorism and political instability costing the global economy $13.6tn (£9.3tn), according to...
Islamic State terrorist group in Nigeria kills 20 soldiers and displaces 1000 people
About 20 soldiers were killed and nearly 1,000 people made homeless in a militant attack on a town in northeastern Nigeria, two residents and a...
Why Nigeria must do more to stop Christians being murdered by terrorist attacks
Leading Catholic analysts have called for the world to wake up to evidence that Islamic State is on the rise again in Nigeria, where many...
Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West African Province holding Nigeria to ransom
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Reverend Alfred Martins, wednesday lamented that “jihadist groups, Boko Haram, Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) and other gangs...