Women suicide bombers kill 3 in Cameroon mosque attack
Three people died in a fresh attack on a mosque by two women suicide bombers today in northern Cameroon, a region repeatedly targeted by Boko Haram Islamists, residents and security sources said.
Nov 10, 2015, 01:46 AM IST
Boko Haram attacks force 12,000 pupils from Niger schools: UN
151 schools with a total of 12,631 pupils had closed due to "insecurity that has sparked the absence of teachers and panic in the population".
Nov 06, 2015, 23:27 PM IST
Suspected Boko Haram militants attack 2 Villages near Lake Chad
Militants also struck another army post at dawn in Kaiga Kinguirya in the same region.
Nov 02, 2015, 11:02 AM IST
Nigeria issues poster of 100 wanted Boko Haram militants
Nigeria's Army is posting photographs of 100 wanted Boko Haram militants including the shadowy leader whom they claim to have killed on at least three occasions.
Oct 31, 2015, 17:40 PM IST
Suicide bomber kills three in Nigeria's Maiduguri: Residents
A female suicide bomber on Saturday blew herself up in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing three people and injuring many others, residents said.
Oct 24, 2015, 17:09 PM IST
Bomb blasts kill at least 18 at mosque in Nigeria
A self-defence fighter said twin bomb blasts on Friday killed at least 18 at a northeast Nigerian mosque crowded with people observing pre-dawn prayers.
Oct 23, 2015, 15:48 PM IST
20 shot dead by suspected Islamists in NE Nigeria: locals
Twenty people have been shot dead by suspected Boko Haram gunmen.
Oct 22, 2015, 06:18 AM IST
US to conduct counter-Boko Haram ops in Nigeria
The United States will conduct surveillance and intelligence operations against Boko Haram inside Nigeria, sources familiar with the plan said on Friday, a significant escalation of Washington's role in combatting the Islamist group.
Oct 16, 2015, 23:53 PM IST
Join Islamic State: Nigeria's Boko Haram urges Somali Shabab
Nigeria's Boko Haram extremists are urging Somalia's al-Shabab rebels to join them in pledging allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group, and thus abandon al Qaeda.
Oct 15, 2015, 00:10 AM IST
Triple suicide bombing kills 7 in northeast Nigerian city
Witnesses and the military in Nigeria say three bomb blasts in as many minutes exploded in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing at least seven people.
Oct 14, 2015, 15:18 PM IST
41 killed in Lake Chad blasts blamed on Boko Haram: Govt
Forty-one people were killed in triple explosions in a Chadian city on the shores of Lake Chad, blamed on the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram, the government said on Sunday.
Oct 11, 2015, 20:36 PM IST
Lake Chad blasts blamed on Boko Haram kill 37
Three explosions blamed on the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram killed 37 people on Saturday in a Chadian city on the shores of Lake Chad, security sources said.
Oct 11, 2015, 00:11 AM IST
Boko Haram says leader Abubakar Shekau is alive in new video
Boko Haram said in a new video on Wednesday that its elusive leader Abubakar Shekau was alive and still in charge of the Nigeria-based Islamist group whose six-year insurgency has killed thousands.
Oct 08, 2015, 11:15 AM IST
Multiple blasts heard near NE Nigeria's Maiduguri
Multiple explosions were heard on Sunday on the outskirts of Maiduguri, a city in northeastern Nigeria that has repeatedly been attacked by Boko Haram jihadists, locals said.
Oct 04, 2015, 16:36 PM IST
15 killed, 41 hurt in blasts near Nigerian capital: Officials
Two bomb blasts that ripped through the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja have left at least 15 people dead and 41 wounded, the National Emergency Management Agency said on Saturday.
Oct 03, 2015, 15:33 PM IST
Boko Haram suspected after Abuja suburbs hit by blasts
The attacks yesterday came a day after at least 10 people were killed when four suicide bombers blew themselves up in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, and 11 villagers died in neighbouring Adamawa state.
Oct 03, 2015, 06:20 AM IST
Nigeria warned about fresh violence in oil-rich south
Nigeria was on Tuesday warned that violence could resume in the oil-producing south, exacerbating pressure on already stretched resources by Boko Haram in the north,and reduced crude revenues.
Sep 29, 2015, 16:47 PM IST
Women held as sex slaves in South Sudan `rape camps`
One woman was abducted by soldiers and taken to a military camp, tied up and raped repeatedly for two months.
Sep 28, 2015, 09:50 AM IST
15 civilians killed in Boko Haram attack in SE Niger: TV
Fifteen civilians were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants on a border village in southeastern Niger, state television reported late Friday.
Sep 26, 2015, 06:03 AM IST
