Boko Haram

Commentary When, a third of a century ago, I arrived in the town of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, everyone was away at the public executions. ...

NIAMEY—Gunmen on motorcycles killed six French tourists and their Nigerien guide and driver in a wildlife park in ...

At least 65 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in northeastern Nigeria as people gathered for ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—At least 65 people died in an attack by suspected Islamists on a group returning from a ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—Boko Haram Islamic extremists have overrun a key crossroads and military outpost in northeastern Nigeria, residents and ...

ABUJA—One hundred and ten girls are missing after an attack on a school in northeast Nigeria by suspected ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—Nigeria's military says some officers are selling arms and ammunition to Boko Haram, indicating the corruption bedeviling ...

LAGOS, Nigeria—Some of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls have been killed in Nigerian military air strikes, according to a ...

"Angelina, who is a beautiful three year old orphan, did not want to let go of my hands ...

A year into Buhari's term, the Nigerian people are raising serious questions about the government's claims to be ...

A Chibok girl that was kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists in 2014 was found and reunited with her ...

Journalists among the convoy told Cameroon's Defense Ministry that the boy hadn't looked upon crossing the road, which ...

LAGOS, Nigeria—A schoolmate says she cried with joy when she saw a Boko Haram video appearing to show ...

The number of children involved in Boko Haram suicide attacks has increased dramatically, said a UNICEF report on ...

At dawn on Feb. 10, a camp for displaced people in the northeast Nigerian town of Dikwa began ...

Four suicide bombers attacked a market and town on Monday in Cameroon's Far North region near the border ...

The United States on Thursday was donating 24 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles to Nigeria's military, to enable the country's ...

Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri for the first time in months Monday ...

Cameroonian troops crossed the border into Nigeria, killed about 150 villagers, burned their huts and forced them to ...

Girl suicide bombers killed 12 people over the weekend in Nigeria and Cameroon, officials said Monday of the ...

The blasts were the latest by Boko Haram, Nigeria's home-grown extremists whose 6-year insurgency has killed 20,000 and ...

A new refugee camp with 2,500 temporary homes is being built in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri for ...

Two groups of suicide bombers targeted a busy market and a refugee camp in Chad on Saturday, killing ...

Two women suicide bombers killed 15 people, including themselves, early Wednesday in northeast Nigeria at a mosque in ...

From the perspective of a U.S. national security specialist, we live in a dark and gloomy world.

NYPD Commissioner William Bratton stressed that American law enforcement, specifically the NYPD, have an unprecedented security challenge later ...

As most Francophone African countries celebrate their 55 years of independence this year, this may be a good ...