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Africa

Kidnappers Demand Over $600,000 Ransom for 286 Hostages in Northern Nigeria School Abduction

Nigeria – Gunmen who kidnapped 286 students and staff from a school in northern Nigeria last week have demanded a total of 1 billion naira ($620,432) for their release, a spokesman for the families of the hostages and a local councillor told

March 14, 2024

Africa·Crime·Nigeria

Boko Haram’s Latest Siege on Hope in Ngala, Borno State

Borno State Police Command has verified the abduction of female internally displaced persons (IDPs) by Boko Haram insurgents in Ngala, Borno State. According to reports on March 5, the terrorists seized women who were collecting firewood on March 3 in the Bula

March 6, 2024

Nigeria

Nigeria Islamic State-allied Jihadists Attack Surrendered Rivals In Camp

Islamic State-allied jihadists have attacked a camp housing surrendered rivals from Boko Haram in the country’s northeast, the military said on Sunday. Saturday’s attack on Damboa in Borno State came after several thousand Boko Haram militants and their families surrendered in recent

October 3, 2021

Africa·Breaking News

Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill several in northern Cameroon

Seven people were killed when two suicide bombers, suspected to be members of Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadist group, attacked a village in northern Cameroon on Sunday, police and a local official said. “Two Boko Haram bombers blew themselves up at around 8pm”

April 6, 2020

Africa·Nigeria

Dozens of mourners ‘killed by Boko Haram’ at a funeral in north Nigeria

An attack this weekend by suspected Boko Haram fighters on a funeral in the northeastern state of Borno, Nigeria, has left at least 65 people dead, almost three times the initial toll, a local official said. Gunmen arrived on motorcycles and in

July 29, 2019

Africa

Boko Haram attacks military bases in Nigeria, seizes arms

Boko Haram jihadists have carried out multiple attacks on military bases in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, overrunning three of them and stealing weapons, security sources said Monday. Fighters believed to be from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the IS-linked faction of Boko Haram,

June 3, 2019

Africa

Boko Haram terrorising Chadian Army; several soldiers killed and wounded

Terrorist group Boko Haram is causing terror in Chad. The Islamist terrorist group has caused fear and panic among citizens in the lake Chad area. The citizens are living in fear after the terrorist inflicted damage on the military. At least seven

April 15, 2019

Africa

Chairperson of the AU Commission condemns Boko Haram attacks in Chad

Kupakwashe Makonye The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has condemned the attack perpetrated last Thursday by elements of the Boko Haram terrorist group against civilians in a Chadian locality in the Lake Chad Basin, not far from the

July 24, 2018

Africa·Nigeria

Nigeria Govenment sets aside $1bn to fight Boko Haram Islamists

Nigerian state governors on Thursday approved the release of $1 billion from the country’s excess oil account to the government to help fight the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency. The money will come from what is known as the excess crude account, which

December 14, 2017

Africa

BREAKING : Suspected Boko Haram fighters kill at least 11 in Cameroon

Douala – Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 11 people and kidnapped eight others in an overnight raid on a village in northern Cameroon near the Nigerian border, officials said on Friday. The attackers burned down around 30 houses in Gakara

August 25, 2017

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