Tag: Boko Haram
Tackling Boko Haram: Nigeria has biggest military force, weakest impact
Four African armies, from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, are currently directly engaged in the fight against the Nigeria-based insurgent…
Nigeria Recaptures 11 Towns, Kills 300 Boko Haram Fighters
Nigerian forces backed by air strikes have killed more than 300 Boko Haram fighters during an operation to recapture 11…
Boko Haram leader vows to disrupt Nigeria election
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed to disrupt Nigeria’s general election in a new video released Tuesday, after two suicide…
Boko Haram suicide attack thwarted in Niger
A would-be suicide bomber was shot dead in southeastern Niger, on the border with Nigeria, as he attempted to blow…
African presidents donate $87m emergency fund to fight Boko Haram
Presidents from the 10-Nation Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) pledged in an extraordinary meeting to create an 87…
Boko Haram destroys Askira Uba, forcing residents to flee
Hundreds of Boko Haram militants stormed the town of Askira Uba in northeast Nigeria, burning homes and public buildings, as…
Boko Haram: US military promises intel, equipment
The United States military will provide communications equipment and intelligence to help African nations in the fight against Nigerian Islamist…
Thousands march against Boko Haram in Niger
Thousands of people marched in Niger’s capital on Tuesday to protest at Boko Haram Islamists who have launched deadly raids…
Jonathan’s response to Boko Haram, slow, inadequate, failure of leadership – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described President Goodluck Jonathan’s response to Boko Haram militants as slow, inadequate and a…
Cameroon army kills 86 Boko Haram militants
Cameroon’s army says it has killed 86 Boko Haram militants and detained 1,000 people suspected of links to the Islamist…
Over 160 Boko Haram suspects arrested in Niger
More than 160 people suspected of having links to Boko Haram have been arrested in Niger’s border area with Nigeria…
Nigeria troops reclaim Monguno from Boko Haram
Nigeria’s military on Monday claimed the recapture of Monguno, a garrison town in northeast Borno state, after it was seized…
Defeating Boko Haram In Six Weeks
The statement credited to the National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, that Boko Haram insurgents would be…
Congo, Guinea, Gabon, others talk strategy against Boko Haram
Leaders of central African nations on Monday began talks in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde to devise a joint strategy to tackle…
Dozens of Boko Haram members arrested in Niger
Several dozen people suspected of having links to Nigeria’s Boko Haram have been arrested in southern Niger since the start…
Boko Haram militants warn Gombe residents against voting
Boko Haram invaded the restive northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe on Saturday and warned residents against voting in next month’s…
Jonathan seeks more US support in fight against Boko Haram
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is appealing to the United States for greater military assistance in the fight against Boko Haram…
Over 100 Boko Haram fighters invade Gombe
Hundreds of Boko Haram Islamists on Saturday invaded the restive northeast Nigerian city of Gombe, firing heavy guns and throwing…
Nigeria hires mercenaries, East Europeans to fight Boko Haram
About 100 South African retired military men are ‘actively’ involved in the Nigerian offensive against Boko Haram insurgents in the…
Boko Haram takes fight into Chad
Boko Haram rebels carried out their first attack Friday inside neighbouring Chad, targeting a village on the shores of Lake…
UN dazed by Nigeria’s military poor showing against Boko Haram
Nigeria’s military must strengthen its resolve in the fight against Boko Haram, the United Nations envoy for West Africa said…
UN aid workers to assist victims of Boko Haram
The United Nations refugee agency on Friday said tens of thousands of Nigerian refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were…
Biu blast: Borno Govt to pay victims’ medical bills
The Borno Government said it would shoulder the medical bills of all the 20 persons injured in Thursday’s suicide bomb…
21 dead in twin Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri
At least 21 people were killed in two separate Boko Haram attacks on villages near the key city of Maiduguri…
5 dead in Boko Haram first attack in Chad
Nigeria-based Boko Haram Islamists on Friday carried out their first attack inside Chad, killing five people in an early morning…
Boko Haram war is strange to us, says Obanikoro
Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Thursday in Abuja said that the military needed all encouragement…
Boko Haram pursues deadly campaign despite Jonathan’s promises
A suicide attack by a female bomber killed at least seven people at a market in northeast Nigeria on Thursday,…
Niger calls for national protest against Boko Haram
Niger’s ruling coalition on Thursday called for a national day of protest against Boko Haram following repeated attacks from the…
Boko Haram bombs police station, fails suicide bombing attack
Boko Haram insurgents bombed a police station in northeast Nigeria, as the Islamists pressed on with attacks despite a multinational…
Boko Haram: HRW Warns Forces Against Right Abuse
Henry Ojelu Human Rights Watch, HRW has cautioned the African forces responding to the growing threat from Boko Haram with…