A second schoolgirl who was among more than 200 others kidnapped by Boko Haram during an attack on their school in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok more than two years ago has been found, the army said Thursday. The news comes just days after the first of the missing[…]
One of the 219 schoolgirls abducted in Chibok in northeast Nigeria has been found, the first such development since their seizure by Boko Haram more than two years ago, according to activists, the head of a support group and a community leader. Boko Haram, an armed group fighting against Western[…]
A new video has emerged showing some of the missing schoolgirls kidnapped by the armed group Boko Haram in Nigeria two years ago, providing hope to parents that their daughters are still alive. About 15 girls featured in the video obtained by the Nigerian government, saying they were from the[…]
African mobile giant MTN has paid the Nigerian government $250 million in a bid to settle a dispute over unregistered SIM cards. Authorities feared the sim cards were being used by members of Boko Haram. The Nigerian government slapped a record 1.04 trillion naira ($5.2 billion) fine on South Africa-based[…]
More than 70 people have been killed in a double suicide attack at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northeast Nigeria, local officials told Al Jazeera. The twin suicide bombings in Borno state on Tuesday morning – reportedly committed by women – also left 78 people injured, officials[…]
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is ready to negotiate with Boko Haram for the release of more than 200 girls kidnapped in April last year. In a televised press conference on Wednesday, Buhari said that if the armed group could identify a credible leadership then the Nigerian government[…]
An estimated one million children have been forced out of school as a result of violent attacks by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria and its neighbouring countries, a new UNICEF report said on Tuesday. The ongoing violence has led to the closure of more than 2,000 schools in Nigeria, Chad,[…]
Cameroon’s army, with backing from a regional anti-Boko Haram task force, have killed at least 100 fighters from the Nigerian armed group and freed 900 people it had held hostage, the army and defence ministry said on Wednesday. “In the course of this operation, at least 100 members of Boko[…]
While the number of refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan continues to make world headlines, there is another conflict that rages on that has received little attention from the media. A worsening campaign of attacks by militants in northeast Nigeria is deepening a humanitarian crisis for tens of millions of[…]
Senegal is considering banning women from wearing the burqa, amid rising fears of extremism in the west African country. The interior minister, Abdoulaye Daouda, said women would no longer be allowed to wear the Islamic dress, which leaves only the eyes exposed. Daouda said the decision was a question of[…]
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