Several Nigerians killed immediatly after truce
Dozens have been killed in at least five attacks in Adamawa state soon after the Nigerian government said they reached a ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram on Friday. The Islamist...
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Ali Modu Sheriff and Boko Haram: A history
...sponsor of Boko Haram, it helps to know some of Boko Haram’s history. Much of this material is drawn from a report by the International Crisis Group, “Curbing Violence in...
Who is Ali Modu Sheriff?
...Boko Haram members say Sheriff then made a deal with Mohammed Yusuf, an early leader of Boko Haram. If Yusuf provided the support of Boko Haram youth, Sheriff would see...
Who is Stephen Davis?
...built the trust. They started feeling free with me. I don’t call them Boko Haram. I call them JAS. People call them Boko Haram. They don’t call themselves Boko Haram....
Claim of truce raises hope that kidnapped Nigerian girls will be released
...reward of several million Naira. This appeared to set off reverberations within Boko Haram, not entirely understood. Whatever the reasons, Boko Haram failed to release the girls. Having come to...
Reports: Cease-fire with Boko Haram reached
Nigerian defense officials are saying that the government has reached a cease-fire agreement with Boko Haram, and that one of the terms of the deal is the release of 276...
Pakistan court upholds death penalty for Asia Bibi despite serious legal loophole in trial
...between her and her co-workers after she brought water for one of them. One of her co-workers objected that the mere touch of a Christian had made the water haram,...
Death sentence for Asia Bibi confirmed
...her co-workers said that the mere touch of a Christian had made the water haram, or religiously forbidden for Muslims. She was told to convert to Islam in order to...
New dataset does the numbers on Boko Haram
...he writes, and most urban Nigerians consider Boko Haram to be a localised problem in a remote corner of the country. “For the moment, Boko Haram is a network with...
New military plan to combat Boko Haram progress
UPDATE: Close to 200 churches have been destroyed by Boko Haram forces in northern Nigeria in the last 60 days, according to Catholic news agency, Agenzia Fides. The latest ransacking...