New evidence shows how the JAS group’s Shiroro cell adopts a flexible approach that tolerates local bandits and their vices.

Analysis - New evidence shows how JAS' Shiroro cell adopts a flexible approach that tolerates local bandits and their vices.

The jihadist group poses more than a military challenge to the Nigerian government – its hearts and minds campaign is also a ...

Right from the split from so-called Boko Haram and its leader Abubakar Shekau in 2016, ISWAP has understood that winning the hearts and minds of civilians under its control was key to its entrenchment ...

In the Lake Chad Basin, jihadist factions have launched a renewed offensive against military forces, revealing the resilience and adaptability of their deeply rooted insurgent social structures.

MINNA—Nigeria’s former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (ret), yesterday, endorsed the presidential aspiration of General Muhammadu Buhari, saying the All Progressives Congress, APC, ...

A funeral in Yobe, Nigeria, for residents killed in the village of Mafa. Thirty-four bodies were brought to the nearest town, but community leaders say many more were buried locally.

Abubakar Shekau, the longtime leader of Boko Haram, was reported to have blown himself up on Wednesday night. But he has been falsely reported dead several times before. By Ruth Maclean and Ismail ...

The former SSS director said Gwoza is a strategic town for Boko Haram insurgents. His words: “That was the place where the late Abubakar Shekau declared a caliphate.

The leader of one of two factions of jihadist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, claimed a series of attacks in northeast Nigeria in a video message obtained by AFP on Friday. The firebrand leader ...

Boko Haram factional leader Abubakar Shekau has re-emerged in a new video after a long absence that fueled speculation about his health and ability to lead the militants.