Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has identified the country’s border with the Niger Republic as the most dangerous and porous, calling for an urgent border fence to stem the ...

Scores of Boko Haram insurgents were reportedly killed early Wednesday morning as Nigerian soldiers foiled an attack on a military facility in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.Local sources ...

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) renewed its call for the U.S. State Department to flag ...

The United Nations' vast system has tackled everything from delivering life-saving humanitarian aid to providing crucial ...

FILE - Nigerian soldiers man a checkpoint in Gwoza, northeast, Nigeria, April 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi, File) ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, April 9 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram has renewed attacks and kidnappings in northeastern Borno state with little push back from security forces, suggesting ...

Girls and young women freed from Boko Haram terrorists in northeast Nigeria continue to suffer severe hardships, including unlawful military detention, neglect, and inadequate support to start ...

In recent years, terrorism has become a significant challenge across Africa, with Nigeria being a major focal point due to the activities of groups like Boko Haram and ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa ...

BAMA, Nigeria In Nigeria’s long-running jihadist conflict in the northeast, villagers and farmers in the sprawling savannah-like countryside say their lives have been upended by both the insurgents ...

Two bandits – one in military camouflage – sit under the shade of a tree at the outskirt of a controlled community in Zurmi, Zamfara, Nigeria [Yusuf Anka/Al Jazeera] Deadlier than Boko Haram?

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