Nigeria's military has killed 592 armed militia members in the northeastern sate of Borno in the past eight months, after stepping up air strikes in a region hit by years of violence, the air force ...

Thousands of Kirawa residents in Borno State displaced by Boko Haram insurgents, who are now taking refuge in Cameroon villages, have lamented the harsh conditions, saying they now spend the day in ...

Nigeria’s N12.6trn defence spend since 2009 has failed to stop Boko Haram, with killings surging and grassroots groups ...

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hassan Abubakar, said on Tuesday that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) troops deployed to various theatres of operation in the country have killed at least 592 Boko ...

Drastic cuts to humanitarian aid in north-eastern Nigeria could prove a boon to one of the world's most deadly militant ...

In Chad's Lac province, 96% of the population is illiterate, and young people have resigned themselves to scraping by with ...

Before May, Boko Haram had seemed close to setting up a de facto Islamic state in the lawless border areas around Lake Chad, where Nigeria meets Chad, Cameroon and Niger. Local council officials ...

Let’s analyse the Boko Haram insurgency using Galula’s counterinsurgency manual. The Boko Haram war has festered because it is an irregular war that tanks and bullets alone can’t address. Have we ...

Nigeria should have the grace to acknowledge Chadian and Cameroonian contributions in the war. Second, Boko Haram began a mild and almost amateurish form if insurgency in 2009, about a year before ...

To date, Boko Haram is believed to have been responsible for more than 3,500 deaths in Nigeria. Government troops have reported success against the rebels during a summer offensive.

Home Videos Borno Gov., Army blame media for setback in Boko Haram war 17 September 2016 at 13:33 ...

Boko Haram, who seek an Islamic state in religiously-mixed Nigeria and who rarely contact the media beyond Internet videos uploaded by leader Abubakar Shekau, could not be reached for comment.