Nearly 200 die in a month at Boko Haram displaced camp
Abuja (AFP) – Nearly 200 people have died in the last month at a camp for people made homeless by Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria, an aid agency said Wednesday, warning of a growing 25
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Bodies of 42 fishermen butchered by Boko Haram pulled from Lake Chad
International Business Times – The bodies of 42 fishermen, who were killed by the Islamist group, Boko Haram, have been pulled from Lake Chad in Cameroon, the country’s military has announced. The men had been 25
Boko Haram kills 18 women at a funeral in northern Nigeria
Boko Haram militants have shot dead 18 women at a funeral in Nigeria’s northeast, rampaging through a village, setting houses on fire and shooting at random, witnesses and local government officials said on Friday. The 25
UN, Nigeria Agree to Cameroon’s Return of 80,000 Refugees
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria says it has agreed to Cameroon’s voluntary return of 80,000 Nigerian refugees who have fled the Boko Haram Islamic insurgency. Nigerian officials had said Cameroon was threatening to force the 25
Boko Haram kills 32 soldiers in Niger – defense ministry says
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Hundreds of Boko Haram extremists attacked a military post in Niger near the country’s border with Nigeria, killing at least 32 soldiers, Niger’s defense ministry said Saturday. The attack in Bosso 25
Six killed in suspected Boko Haram raid on Niger village
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Six people were killed on Friday in a village in southern Niger in an attack thought to have been carried out by Boko Haram militants, the Defence Ministry said. The six victims 25
Nigeria: 2nd Chibok girl rescued was not taken from school
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A second “Chibok girl” rescued by Nigeria’s military in a forest battle with Islamic extremists was kidnapped from her home village and is not among 218 students missing from the 2014 25
Nigeria Security Conference: Four Key Takeaways
BY CONOR GAFFEY | Newsweek/ Boko Haram was first on the list of priorities at an international security summit held in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Saturday. The Second Regional Security Summit, attended by French President 25
Court upholds sentences for Boko Haram insurgents in Lagos
Lagos (AFP) – An appeal court judge in Nigeria’s financial capital, Lagos, has upheld 25-year jail terms imposed on three men found guilty at a secret trial of terror charges linked to Boko Haram. The 25
Half a million Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram will get an $80 “token” to help start over
QUARTZ AFRICA/ As the Boko Haram terror group has rampaged through Nigeria’s northeast in recent years, more than two million people have fled their homes, pushed into makeshift camps away from the violence. Due to 25