At least, 69 Boko Haram terrorists and their families have surrendered to the Multinational Joint Task Force authorities in Cameroon and Niger in a fresh operation.The mass surrender is a result ...

Fighters from Boko Haram’s rival splinter group — the Islamic State West Africa Province, or ISWAP — are moving into the vacuum, observers in the region say, ferrying truckloads of military ...

He is among 95 Boko Haram members trying to repent by surrendering their weapons and participating in a government program to de-radicalize the former fighters and assimilate them into society.

At least 2,122 people associated with Boko Haram have left the group since Abubakar Shekau, long-time leader of its faction, Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnah lid-Da’wati wa’l-Jihad (JAS), died in May ...

Following two days of intense offensive by troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force against terrorists in the Lake Chad fringes, four key Boko Haram commanders, 13 main fighters, and a total ...

Musa said at least 7,000 Boko Haram and ISWAP members surrendered in the last week during the operations. “This is evident as thousands of the insurgents comprising combatants, non-combatants ...

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said terrorists operating under Boko Haram, the Islamic State West African Province (SWAP) and other groups in the Northeast are surrendering en masse due. It ...

A Boko Haram fighter has surrendered to troops of the 26 Task Force Brigade Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Hadin Kai in ...

KOULKIMÉ, Chad — Alhadji Yaro was a teenager when Boko Haram militants stormed onto his island in the vast, blue-green waters of Lake Chad and made villagers an offer at gunpoint. “‘We will ...

With the latest offensive on Boko Haram insurgents and bandits in Borno and it’s environ from its earlier defensive position, the Nigerian military hot chase iS yielding dividends.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Comfort Ero, Africa program director for the International Crisis Group, about the organization's new report on women and the Boko Haram insurgency. It finds that while ...

Hassan’s wife, Fatima G., 19, said she had been abducted by Boko Haram, held for about six months, and forced to marry a fighter. One day, militants gathered a group of women hostages and told ...