The military conducted the vast operation with Cameroonian troops from the Multinational Joint Task Force, whose mandate is to end Boko Haram’s brutal insurgency.
Morgan Winsor
Apr 12, 2016
The extremist group has increasingly relied on its army of child soldiers as it has lost land in its stronghold in northeastern Nigeria, a new report has found.
Michael Kaplan
Apr 12, 2016
In an online statement released Tuesday, the Nigerian military urged other militants to abandon the Islamic insurgency.
Morgan Winsor
Apr 08, 2016
“You should know that there is no truce, there is no negotiations,” one of the unidentified masked men reportedly said in the video.
Morgan Winsor
Apr 01, 2016
Nigerian senior army officer Col. Samaila Inusa was kidnapped from his car Saturday night in Kaduna near the state-run NNPC oil refinery junction.
Morgan Winsor
Mar 27, 2016
Some 219 of the 270 Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram are still missing two years later.
Michael Kaplan
Mar 26, 2016
While most attention is focused on nearly 3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, the country also hosts hundreds of thousands of others.
Michael Kaplan
Mar 24, 2016
Over the last few days, Nigerian troops have been carrying out operations in several villages in the country's northeast.
Suman Varandani
Mar 23, 2016
The members are among 850 people arrested in the country on charges of links to Boko Haram, which pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in 2015.
Suman Varandani
Mar 18, 2016
Dozens were reported killed as Nigeria’s military stepped up a campaign against the militant group over the weekend.
Michael Kaplan
Mar 07, 2016
A senior military officer said the emaciated-looking detainees are now being held at Nigeria’s military headquarters in Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram.
Morgan Winsor
Mar 03, 2016
A plan to escalate the battle against the terror group emerged from an assessment by the top U.S. Special Operations commander for Africa.
Michael Kaplan
Feb 26, 2016
The bombs, which had been seized from militant group Boko Haram, detonated accidentally and were not planted, police said.
Morgan Winsor
Feb 25, 2016
Friday's bombing was the latest in a series of deadly attacks in the northern part of the country.
Reuters
Feb 19, 2016
Nigerian army spokesman Col. Sani Usman said troops ambushed Boko Haram militants Wednesday night as they emerged from their hideouts in Sambisa forest.
Morgan Winsor
Feb 18, 2016
With Nigeria-based Boko Haram militants posing a threat in West Africa, concerns have risen about terrorists using full-body veils to hide bombs.
Angelo Young
Feb 13, 2016
Two Boko Haram suicide bombers targeted a funeral gathering in the country's north.
Reuters
Feb 10, 2016
Cooperation between the U.S. and African nations has increased as ISIS has exploited a power vacuum in Libya, a U.S. commander said.
Reuters
Feb 08, 2016
The British prime minister will suggest that the country’s potential exit from the EU will likely lead to a dismissal of a deal that permits Britain to conduct controls on French borders.
Vishakha Sonawane
Feb 08, 2016
Attackers stormed the Splendid Hotel in the African nation's capital, leading to an intense exchange of gunfire with security forces.
Reuters
Jan 15, 2016
In a recent media chat, President Muhammadu Buhari said hijab might be outlawed if suicide bombings continue.
Morgan Winsor
Jan 04, 2016
While the Islamic State group was reportedly responsible for 6,073 fatalities in 2014, Boko Haram was even more lethal, with a body count of 6,644.
Morgan Winsor
Dec 26, 2015