Here are five things the U.N. does that you may not have known: U.N. agencies facilitate programs worldwide focused on women, ...

In the early hours of Wednesday, Nigerian military forces successfully repelled an attempted infiltration by Boko Haram insurgents on the Naval Base at Lake Chad, in the Fish Dam area of Baga, Kukawa ...

Amnesty International on Tuesday reported that Nigerian girls and young women who have escaped Boko Haram captivity continue to endure severe hardships amid persistent government inaction, according ...

Al Jazeera meets the Nigerian farmers sneaking back to their homes despite the frequent attacks by Boko Haram and ISIL.

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai (rtd.), narrowly escaped an attack by Boko Haram insurgents in ...

Already a subscriber? Log in Abba Gana was only 10 years old when Boko Haram insurgents attacked his village in northern Nigeria in 2014. Along with the other boys his age, he was kidnapped and ...

The raid was part of an extended campaign of violence by Boko Haram—whose name roughly translates to “Western education is sin”—to create an Islamic state in Nigeria. The kidnapped girls ...

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By Ruth Maclean and Ismail Alfa MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — For over a decade, the extremist group Boko Haram has terrorized northeastern Nigeria — killing tens of thousands of people, kidnapping ...

MAIDUGURI/ABUJA, June 27 (Reuters) - A group of fighters from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram pledged allegiance to rivals the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) weeks after the former ...

Lagos, Nigeria – On May 19, Abubakar Shekau, longtime leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram armed group, was reported dead – again. While details remain murky, local media reports citing ...