The army in Niger says it has killed a senior leader of Boko Haram in a targeted airstrike. State television reported ...

Nigeria's military says it has used precision airstrikes to kill at least 35 Islamic militants in the country's northeast.

Nigeria's airforce said it had killed more than 35 jihadists in raids Saturday on militant fighters that had gathered near ...

Niger's army said its soldiers killed a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, but experts cast ...

The Niger army revealed it had killed Ibrahim Bakoura, a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, ...

Niger's army has claimed to have killed Boko Haram leader Ibrahim Mahamadu, alias "Bakura", without providing evidence, ...

Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown jihadis, took up arms in 2009 to fight Western education and impose their radical version of Islamic law.

Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown jihadis, took up arms in 2009 to fight Western education and impose their radical version of Islamic law. The conflict has spilled into Nigeria’s northern ...

Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown jihadis, took up arms in 2009 to fight Western education and impose their radical version of Islamic law.

Nigeria losing ground ‘almost on a daily basis’ At its peak in 2013 and 2014, Boko Haram gained global notoriety after kidnapping 276 Chibok schoolgirls and controlled an area the size of Belgium.