...like the one waged by Boko Haram in the north-east of the country,” said Rev. Augustine Akpen Leva. “The attackers carry sophisticated weapons, sometimes they even used chemical weapons on...
...But we’ve also seen certain non-state actors – including terrorist organizations like Daesh [the English representation of the Arabic acronym for the so-called Islamic State], al-Qaida, al-Shabaab, Boko Haram –...
...particularly vulnerable in north-east Nigeria, the area most affected by the Boko Haram insurgency. For many, the loss of their husband is the beginning of hardship for them and their...
The United Nations has accused the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram of “almost unimaginable” violence and brutality in Nigeria. Stephen O’Brien, its global humanitarian co-ordinator, said the militant group’s actions...
...another jihad like the one waged by Boko Haram in the north-east of the country,” said Rev. Augustine Akpen Leva. “The attackers carry sophisticated weapons, sometimes they even used chemical...
...went back are starving now”. Almost a quarter of a million children in parts of Nigeria’s Borno state, formerly controlled by Boko Haram, suffer from severe malnutrition, UNICEF says; tens...
Boko Haram’s insurgency has created a severe humanitarian crisis in Nigeria’s north-eastern States of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, says ACAPS, a Swiss-based research group, in its July report. Over 14...
...For a very long time, the focus has been on the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s north-east, Bakindo said. As well as Boko Haram there are other extremist groups...
...the largely Christian areas of Plateau, Kaduna, Benue, Nasarawa, Niger and Taraba states in Nigeria’s farming belt. Obscured by Boko Haram’s headlines, this violence has claimed thousands of Christian lives...