Claim: Mistrust slows defeat of Boko Haram
...the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram. He said they believed Muslim leaders supported the insurgency that has left thousands of Christians and Muslims dead. “We warned the leadership in my...
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Boko Haram attacks intensify in Nigeria & Cameroon
...including a Canadian nun and two priests, have been carried out by Boko Haram in recent months. Boko Haram has been able to operate relatively freely in the far north...
Niger churches ‘abandoned’ after Charlie Hebdo destruction
...for the elections [due in 2016] and the fight against Boko Haram. The churches are abandoned to their fate.” At Salama church, in the capital’s northern district of Bani Fandou...
Some Boko Haram members seek Christ
Amid Boko Haram’s deadly guerilla war against Nigerians, some disillusioned members of the radical Islamic uprising are exploring Christianity, a missionary group says. “They’re asking a lot of questions: Why...
Are Nigeria’s ‘Middle Belt’ Christians victims of ethnic cleansing?
...Boko Haram. Obscured by Boko Haram’s headlines, violence also has raged farther south, where a lesser reported, years-long campaign has claimed thousands of Christian lives. Militants among the ethnic Fulani,...
Boko Haram talks reopen, failed bomb-plot relief
...Boko Haram, who were blamed for the 12th July failed attack, were also blamed for attacks in neighbouring Niger last week killing at least six. Boko Haram have also been...
BACKGROUND: Boko Haram
...Boko Haram became the second deadliest terror group on the planet in 2014. There have always been different opinions regarding what motivates Boko Haram. Noting this rhetoric, the Nigeria Conflict...
Are Nigeria’s ‘Middle Belt’ Christians victims of ethnic cleansing?
...Boko Haram. Obscured by Boko Haram’s headlines, violence also has raged farther south, where a lesser reported, years-long campaign has claimed thousands of Christian lives. Militants among the ethnic Fulani,...
Boko Haram victim ‘left for dead’ in 2012 loses sister and her two children in church bomb
...by Boko Haram militants in 2012 (World Watch Monitor) Habila Adamu is a survivor of a Boko Haram attack. Militants shot him in the face in November 2012 when he...
Killings escalate in Nigeria
...the mosque, it is believed, because a cleric who had spoken against Boko Haram was there at the time. Boko Haram is not strong in Jos, but it has attacked...