Chibok girls ‘forced to kill’ for Boko Haram
Some of the kidnapped Chibok girls have been forced to join Boko Haram and carry out killings, the BBC has been told. Witnesses who escaped from the same camps that...
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Buhari takes office after election ‘miracle’
...local media reported. In his victory speech, Buhari had made the defeat of Boko Haram a centrepiece of his government. “Boko Haram will soon know the strength of our collective...
5,000 killed, 100,000 displaced by Boko Haram
A new report has highlighted the scope of Boko Haram’s attacks against Christians in north-east Nigeria. More than 5,000 Catholics have been killed, 100,000 displaced and 350 churches attacked –...
Cameroonians killed in Boko Haram attacks
Boko Haram is suspected of killing at least 16 people and burning down 60 homes in villages on Cameroon’s northern border with Nigeria, close to where the militants still hold...
Good news in Nigeria, but not for Chibok girls, yet
Some of the hundreds of people, mostly women and children, rescued from Boko Haram camps in Nigeria’s Sambisa Forest, in early May 2015.Photo courtesy Open Doors International The tide...
Religious groups face extinction around world
...has put Nigeria on its ’emergency’ list of countries at risk of genocide because of the threat to non-Muslims in territory held by Boko Haram. UN and French officials have...
2014: A year of particular concern
...religious minority communities facing an existential threat.” In Nigeria: “In May 2014, Boko Haram garnered international attention with the abduction of more than 270 schoolgirls from the north-eastern town of...
100s rescued from Boko Haram camps
The Nigerian army has rescued about 200 girls and 93 women from Boko Haram camps in the Sambisa Forest. Its spokesman said the freed hostages have yet to be fully...
A year gone
...ESCAPE FROM BOKO HARAM Kidnapping is a frequent tactic of the insurgents. Click here to listen to the stories of two women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram, and who...
Hope – and anxiety – after Buhari’s win
...states. They were ineligible to vote in the places to which they had fled. Buhari had made the defeat of Boko Haram a centerpiece of his campaign. “Boko Haram will...