NIGERIA

Nigerian soldiers claim they lack the weapons and supplies to tackle the well-armed Boko Haram, who have been fighting an insurgency since 2009.

As oil prices go down, tensions are on the rise in Nigeria.

Boko Haram is believed to be behind the blasts, which came a day after a girl was arrested for wearing a suicide vest.

Civilian life was a major casualty as several countries witnessed a surge in violence from Islamist militant groups.

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The Islamist radicals, who pledge loyalty to ISIS, have reportedly recruited women suicide bombers.

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Boko Haram is estimated to have claimed the lives of at least 5,000 people, making it one of the deadliest terrorist groups in the world.

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The extremist group Boko Haram is being eyed as the responsible party in the bombing of a mosque in Kano, Nigeria.

A mosque bombing is the latest atrocity in a terror campaign that has killed hundreds in Nigeria in recent weeks.

A series of bomb blasts targeted one of Nigeria's biggest mosques on Friday with many thought to be dead.

Northern Nigeria was hit by several bombings this week, when at least 118 people were killed dozens of others were injured.

The chaotic North African country moved up nine places in a recently published global terrorism index, to 15 out of 162 countries.

The suicide bombers blew themselves up in Maiduguri's main market.

This is the second attack in the Nigerian state of Borno this week, with the death toll at nearly 100.

The terrorist group has killed thousands this year in Nigeria and government leaders accuse the president of letting it happen.

Ongoing violence in Nigeria leads to a suspension of activities and tear gas fired inside the West African nation's parliament.

Europe's biggest airline is setting aside an A340 passenger jet to serve as special transport for infected German medical personnel.

Of the nearly 18,000 people killed in terror attacks in 2013, 82 percent of the deaths occurred in only five countries.