Kenya mourns students ‘killed while praying’
...interpreted in the light of global jihad, with Al-Shabaab in East Africa, Boko Haram in Nigeria and Al Qaeda in the Maghreb (AQIM) and their allies in Mali. “When I...
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The man who talks to Boko Haram
...channel by which to supply a Boko Haram agent in Egypt with funds to buy weapons and military uniforms. “In short, the sponsors of Boko Haram clearly want to show...
‘Are you ready to renounce your Christian faith?’
...taken by Boko Haram as they retreated. But it is feared by security experts that gains by the coalition might force Boko Haram to retaliate against soft targets like the...
Boko Haram headlines hide persecution of Christians in mid-Nigeria, too
...Boko Haram in northern Nigeria in April 2014. There are 220 still missing. But the publicity surrounding this serves to hide a more widespread persecution of Christians in the Middle...
Gunmen kill 100 Christian villagers in central Nigeria
...group Boko Haram is at last being challenged by multi-national military forces, violence targeting Christian communities in the group of states across the centre of Nigeria, known as the Middle...
Missionary, kidnapped in Nigeria, released
...commissioner, said he believes the kidnapping was carried out by a criminal gang, and not by Boko Haram, the militant Islamist insurgency that has waged a murderous war, largely against...
Nigerians, fearing election violence, forfeit vote to move to other end of country
About 1.5 million people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in the north may not be able cast their vote. Here, a child arrives at a camp all by himself....
158 held by Boko Haram reunited with families
Nigerian women and children abducted by Boko Haram in Dec. 2014 have been reunited with their families a month after they were released into a rehab camp. The group of...
Boko Haram’s attacks spread into Niger sparking mass exodus
...Niger) Nigeria’s neighbour to its north, French-speaking Niger, is the latest country to pledge its army will fight the radical Islamic group, Boko Haram. Boko Haram’s military and strategic advance...
Is Chad helping to combat Boko Haram?
...Boko Haram better or worse. Published on 27 January, it explains the region’s increasing need of help by external powers and how some of the complexities in the wider region...