Tag: Ansaru

Head of Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru arrested

April 4, 2016 Nigeria Abuja, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansaru, Boko Haram, Kogi, Lokoja, Nigeria

The leader of Ansaru jihadist group, a Boko Haram splinter group, known for kidnapping foreigners and attacks against Christians, has been arrested. A military spokesman said Khalid al-Barnawi was captured in Lokoja, capital of the central Nigerian state of Kogi. “Security agents made a breakthrough on Friday in the fight . . . Read More

Claim of truce raises hope that kidnapped Nigerian girls will be released

October 18, 2014 Nigeria Ansaru, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Goodluck Jonathan, Kidnapping, Niger Delta, Samuel Dali, Stephen Davis

The deserted streets of Chibok in August.World Watch Monitor Nigeria’s kidnapped schoolgirls will be released as part of a truce between militant Islamist group Boko Haram and government forces, the Nigerian army said Friday. The Nigerian chief of defence, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, made the announcement. Boko Haram . . . Read More

Pastor killed, church torched in Nigeria

February 14, 2014 Nigeria Ansaru, Christian Association of Nigeria, ECWA, Katsina

The charred remains of Evangelical Church Winning All in Kankia.World Watch Monitor A pastor has been killed and a church set on fire in Nigeria after the body of a six-year-old girl was discovered near his home. Dike Ocha, 50, pastor of the Assemblies of God Church in Kankia, . . . Read More

Nigeria’s Boko Haram strikes again in Cameroon

December 4, 2013 Cameroon Ansaru, Boko Haram, Far North, Georges Vandenbeusch, Nigeria

In April last year, churches were targeted by suspected Boko Haram militants. Some victims had their throats cut, while others were beaten to death or burned alive. Here is one of the survivors, whose name is being withheld to protect his security.Cameroon Human Rights Monitoring A missionary has been . . . Read More

French priest ‘kidnapped’ by Nigeria’s Boko Haram in Cameroon

November 19, 2013 Cameroon Ansaru, Boko Haram, Georges Vandenbeusch, Katsina, Kidnapping, Nguetchewe, Nigeria, Sahel

A French priest abducted in northern Cameroon is said to be in the hands of Boko Haram. “I can confirm that the French priest is in the hands of Mujahideen [fighters] from Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad [Boko Haram’s Arabic name], who carried out the operation that was co-ordinated with Ansaru,” an . . . Read More

Church welcomes US designation of Boko Haram as Foreign Terrorist Organisation

November 15, 2013 Nigeria Adamawa, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansaru, Boko Haram, Borno, Christian Association of Nigeria, Terrorism, Yobe

One of the major organisations representing Christians in Nigeria has welcomed the US State Department’s announcement on Nov 13 that it has designated Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist group (FTO). The Department also classified its splinter group Ansaru as an FTO. Boko Haram is believed to have links to Al-Qaeda . . . Read More

U.S. tags Boko Haram as terrorists

November 14, 2013 Nigeria Ansaru, Boko Haram, Children, Nigeria, Women

The United States has made official what Nigeria’s churches have long asserted: Boko Haram is a terrorist organisation. The state department announced on Thursday it has designated Boko Haram a “foreign terrorist organisation”, and as “specially designated global terrorists”. The Islamist insurgent group “is responsible for thousands of deaths in northeast . . . Read More

Kano bus bomb prompts religious leaders to joint call for urgent measures

March 22, 2013 Nigeria Ansaru, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Jama'atu Nasril Islam, Kano, Nigeria, Sabon Gari, Sultan of Sokoto

A car bomb attack in a Christian enclave of Kano, the largest city in mainly-Muslim northern Nigeria, has heightened religious and ethnic tensions throughout the country. At least 25 people have been killed and at least 60 others injured, following the 18th March suicide bomb attack in a bus station . . . Read More

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