The panel said there was no evidence that the military ran a secret programme terminating at least 10,000 pregnancies of freed captives of Boko ... North-east for exonerating the Armed Forces of ...

Boko Haram, an Islamist insurgency born in northeastern Nigeria two decades ago, was propelled into a violent insurgency following the 2009 death of its founder, Mohammed Yusuf, in police custody.

“Today, the states in the North West are facing serious problems of banditry, kidnappings, and killings by all sorts of ...

Deby said the attacks on Boko Haram will continue until the group is eradicated. Deby, who spoke on state TV, has been in areas of the Lake Chad Basin — shared by Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger and ...

Boko Haram launched an insurgency in Nigeria in 2009, leaving more than 40,000 people dead and displacing millions. It has since spread to neighboring countries ...

Chad's army says Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead.

The region has been attacked repeatedly by insurgencies including Islamic State in West Africa and Boko Haram, which erupted in northeast Nigeria in 2009 and spread to the west of Chad.

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead in the country’s west, Chad’s army said.

He said he had personally launched the counter-attack against Boko Haram, which targeted the Chadian army in an attack last month in the western region, close to the border with Nigeria.

Boko Haram, which launched an insurgency more than a decade ago against Western education, seeks to establish Islamic law in Nigeria’s northeast. The insurgency has spread to West African ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - At least fifteen people were killed and several others wounded when new insurgent group Lakurawas attacked a rural community in Nigeria's north-west Kebbi state after stealing ...