Kidnappings soar in central Africa’s ‘triangle of death’
Where Chad, Cameroon and the Central African Republic meet, people are turning vigilante to fight back Tired of waiting for the authorities to come to...
Category : Boko Haram
Nigerian woman rescued 10 years after kidnap by Boko Haram in Chibok
Lydia Simon, recovered along with three children born in captivity, was one of 276 schoolgirls taken in 2014 Nigerian troops have rescued a pregnant woman...
Search continues for hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren
Two mass abductions were the latest in a series of group kidnappings by gunmen Nigerian security forces continued to search forests and set up roadblocks...
At least 160 dead and 300 wounded after attacks by armed gangs in Nigeria
‘Bandits’ started attacks in Bokkos area and spilled into neighbouring Barkin Ladi, according to local chairman Armed groups have killed at least 160 people in...
Two women rescued nine years after Chibok schoolgirls abduction
Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus, both now 26, were among 276 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria Two Nigerian women abducted as schoolgirls by...
Suspected Islamist attack frees hundreds of prisoners in Nigeria
Inmates on the run after gunmen armed with explosives attack prison near capital, Abuja Hundreds of prisoners, including scores of terrorists, were on the run...
More than 160 passengers still missing from train attacked in Nigeria
Boko Haram and local bandits suspected to have bombed rail tracks in Kaduna as dozens remain unaccounted for More than 160 passengers who were on...
