CAMEROON ANGLOPHONE CRISIS FORCES THOUSANDS TO FLEE INTO NIGERIA

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, had disclosed that thousands of Cameroonians from the restive Anglophone region continue to flee into neighbouring Nigeria... READ MORE›

CAN AFRICA LEARN ANY LESSONS FROM CATALONIA?

The crisis in Spain's Catalonia region is being closely watched in Nigeria and Cameroon, where secessionist movements have been stepping up campaigns for independence... READ MORE›

ON WORLD FOOD DAY, 350,000 PEOPLE IN CHAD FACE STARVATION

Eight years ago, Boko Haram militants crossed the border from Nigeria and launched their first attacks in Chad, in the Lake Region... READ MORE›

DEATH TOLL RISES IN CAMEROON'S ANGLOPHONE REGION UNREST

Cameroon's English-speaking minority say they are being marginalised by the French-speaking majority... READ MORE›

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FRANCE SHUTS DOWN THREE MOSQUES IN STATE OF EMERGENCY CRACKDOWN

Interior Minister Bernard Cazaneuve said on Twitter that a large police contingent dissolved one mosque in Lagny-sur- Marne, a suburb in eastern Paris, Wednesday morning... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM BURNS KIDS ALIVE IN NIGERIA, 86 DEAD

Boko Haram has been attacking soft targets, increasingly with suicide bombers, since the military last year drove them out of towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM RELEASES 82 KIDNAPPED GIRLS AFTER THREE YEARS

Nigeria Boko Haram releases 82 kidnapped girls after three years... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM RANKED AHEAD OF ISIS AS DEADLIEST GROUP

The report estimated that 117 billion was spent worldwide to fight terrorism... READ MORE›

POLICE SWEEP BRUSSELS IN HUNT FOR PARIS ATTACK SUSPECTS

VERVIERS, Belgium -- Black smudges and faded traces of gunfire on a red brick rowhouse here in eastern Belgium mark the death foretold of Abdelhamid Abaaoud... READ MORE›

ARMY SEARCHING FOR CHIBOK GIRLS SEIZED BY BOKO HARAM

'Final defeat' Boko Haram's insurgency began in Maiduguri, though it has since spread beyond Nigeria's borders to Chad, Cameroon and Niger... READ MORE›

FIRST BOKO HARAM ATTACK ON CHAD

Boko Haram Nigerian Boko Haram militants have carried out an attack on Chad overnight, the first such assault on Chadian soil, officials say... READ MORE›

3 WOMEN BLAMED FOR LAKE CHAD SUICIDE BOMBINGS THAT KILLED DOZENS

A Chad police spokesman said three female suicide bombers carried out Saturday's attack... READ MORE›

'ALARMING' RISE IN BOKO HARAM CHILD SUICIDE BOMBERS

An alarming number of children in Africa, most of them girls, have been used as suicide bombers by Boko Haram in 2017, according to UNICEF... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM ATTACKS BLAMED FOR DEATHS IN NIGERIA, CHAD

Nine civilians are killed in suicide attacks in Nigeria's Maiduguri, while eight troops die in raid in next-door Chad... READ MORE›

THEY WERE FREED FROM BOKO HARAM'S RAPE CAMPS. BUT THEIR NIGHTMARE ISN'T OVER.

When the Nigerian military came, it hardly felt to the women like a rescue operation... READ MORE›

NIGERIA: TROOPS BATTLE BOKO HARAM NEAR MALAM FATORI

Nigerian and regional forces clash with Boko Haram fighters for control of Malam Fatori town in northeast Borno state... READ MORE›

HOW BOKO HARAM IS TURNING GIRLS INTO WEAPONS

When Boko Haram started raiding the border towns, Nigerians ran here, desperate for food and safety... READ MORE›

THE BOY THE AMBASSADOR AND THE DEADLY ENCOUNTER ON THE ROAD

In Mokong, the front room of Toussaint's grandmother's house became crowded with Cameroonian officials and American aides securing the premises... READ MORE›

CAMEROON AIR STRIKES ON BOKO HARAM

Boko haram unrest cameroon air strikes on nigerian militants... READ MORE›

SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM FIGHTERS KILL 11 IN CAMEROON

Many people fled the village for a camp near Kolofata that houses thousands displaced by Boko Haram violence, he said... READ MORE›

MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER MACHETE ATTACK NEAR EATON CENTRE

A man has been charged with attempted murder following what police say was an unprovoked machete attack on another man near Toronto's Eaton Centre... READ MORE›

MUNICH POLICE WARN OF IMMINENT TERROR THREAT

Separately, Belgian police arrested a 10th suspect over the 13 November attacks in Paris, in which 130 people were killed... READ MORE›

KIDNAPPED SCHOOLGIRLS SET FOR RELEASE AFTER DEAL STRUCK WITH BOKO HARAM

The Nigerian government announced last night that it has agreed a deal with the militant group Boko Haram for the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls... READ MORE›

UN 'NOT NEEDED AGAINST NIGERIAN MILITANTS'

Over the weekend, Chadian soldiers deployed to Cameroon's border with Nigeria to help secure the porous border... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM DENIES TRUCE, SAYS KIDNAPPED GIRLS MARRIED

Human Rights Watch estimates Boko Haram, whose name loosely translates as Western education is forbidden, has abducted around 500 young women over the past five years... READ MORE›

B.C. COUPLE BRUTALLY MAULED BY 2 DOGS IN THEIR HOME

Fort St. John couple brutally mauled by 2 dogs in their home... READ MORE›

NIGERIAN MILITARY 'MISTAKE' KILLS AT LEAST 50 IN ATTACK ON SAFE-HAVEN TOWN

In Rann in recent months, the Nigerian military has battled Boko Haram fighters, who had attacked troops with improvised explosive devices, suicide bombers and ambushes... READ MORE›

CHAD 'CAPTURES NIGERIAN TOWN FROM MILITANTS'

Boko haram crisis chad captures nigerian town from militants... READ MORE›

Washington Worries Boko Haram Planning Attack on U.S. Interests in Africa... READ MORE›

NIGERIA MILITARY LEADERS FAULTED IN FIGHTING MILITANTS ARE FIRED

The Nigerian military's handling of Boko Haram's bloody six-year uprising has been widely seen as dismal... READ MORE›

BIDEN HEADS TO EUROPE AMID INTENSIVE DIPLOMACY ON UKRAINE

They want to asphyxiate the Chadian economy by blocking our outlets in Nigeria and Cameroon... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM SAID TO USE MORE CHILDREN AS BOMBERS

Boko Haram used 44 children in suicide attacks last year, compared with only four in 2014, the report found... READ MORE›

BELGIAN SOLDIERS AND POLICE 'HELD ORGY' DURING BRUSSELS LOCKDOWN

At least three of the nine men suspected of carrying out the attacks were based in Brussels... READ MORE›

VICTIMS OF BOKO HARAM AND NOW SHUNNED BY THEIR COMMUNITIES

The military said the man was actually a suspected Boko Haram fighter... READ MORE›