Explaining Boko Haram, Nigeria’s Islamist Insurgency
Boko Haram is largely known for its kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria, but it is suspected of having committed atrocities before and after those abductions.
BOKO HARAM hit Nigerias Baga town in fresh assault | World.
Dozens of civilians killed in Islamist insurgencys second shooting spree since they seized control over the weekend.
Radical Islam, Nihilist Rage
Jihadism fills the void left by failed political ideologies.
In Nigeria, Fragile Hopes of Boko Haram Freeing Schoolgirls Are Dashed
After the Nigeria Army reported reaching a cease-fire with the militant Islamist group Boko Haram two weeks ago, its leader Friday denied any truce had been reached.. News analysis; it should come as a surprise to no one that after Nigerian Army reported reaching cease-fire with militant Islamist group Boko Haram, militant groups leader, Abubakar Shekau, denies any such truce; since announcement, attacks and abductions have continued, with at least 60 young women reportedly kidnapped by militants in Adamawa State, just south of Boko Haram stronghold.
BOKO HARAM raids Cameroon army base
Fighters from the Nigerian armed group Boko Haram have launched an attack on a military base in the northwest Cameroonian city of Kolofata, police and government officials say. Mondays attack came a day after blasts struck an open market selling.
Boko Haram Carries Out Second-Bloodiest Terror Attack In.
Boko Haram slaughtered as many as 2,000 people in an orgy of violence while the world watched news about a jihadi massacre and ensuing siege in Paris. The attack in Baga, Nigeria is now the second-deadliest terrorist��.
Staggering Numbers Killed In Boko Haram Massacre.
Hundreds of bodies ��� too many to count ��� remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International described as the ���deadliest massacre��� in the history of Boko Haram. Fighting��.
BOKO HARAM Uses Girls As Suicide Bombers, Reports Say
A chilling development in the ongoing insurgency in northeast Nigeria. Islamist militants there known as Boko Haram are apparently utilizing a new type of suicide bomber - young girls. NPR Africa correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton is in Accra and joins us.
BOKO HARAM attacks town in north Cameroon, killing one
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Boko Haram attacked a town in northern Cameroon on Monday, killing at least one person, an army source said, less than a week after the group issued threats against the Central African country. The Nigerian groups insurgency, .
Inside the Vigilante Fight Against BOKO HARAM
As their military struggles to combat the Islamist terrorist group, everyday Nigerians have formed citizen battalions to defend their towns. But have they gone too far?. Alexis Okeowo article examines efforts of Nigerian professionals, civil servants, students and traders who have volunteered for the Civilian Joint Task Force, thousands-strong vigilante battalion formed in 2013 to combat Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram; notes volunteers were inspired to join the force due to slow and inadequate response by Nigerian military.
Boko Haram massacre leaves up to 2,000 people feared.
A MASSACRE at a Nigerian town which Islamic extremists Boko Haram have attacked has left up to 2000 people feared dead.
With Schoolgirls Taken by BOKO HARAM Still Missing, U.S.-Nigeria Ties Falter
Distrust between the two countries has resurfaced as the search for nearly 300 kidnapped girls has lost momentum.
Nigeria: Massacre possibly deadliest in BOKO HARAMs history
Following reports of the massacre of large numbers of civilians by armed group Boko Haram in north east Nigeria, Amnesty International has expert spokespeople available to comment. ���The attack on Baga and surrounding��.
BOKO HARAM massacre is so big, survivors give up counting bodies
France is still in shock after the deadly shootings in Paris which left 17 people dead. But there has been another shocking death toll in recent days with reports of hundreds, possibly thousands, of people massacred by Boko Haram. Even there the Paris.
Nigeria: Mosque Attacks Toll Rises
Nigerian authorities on Sunday significantly raised the death toll from the attack on the central mosque in Kano during prayers on Friday.. Nigerian authorities significantly raise death toll from attack on central mosque in Kano to 100, with at least 135 wounded.
Fatal Attack Causes Chaos at Mosque in Nigeria
A state deputy police commissioner said 35 people were killed when militants set off explosions at the central mosque in the northern city of Kano.. Militants strike central mosque in northern Nigerian city of Kano, killing at least 35 people; is latest example of intensifying violence amid countrys long-running Islamist insurgency; much of violence has been attributed to militant group Boko Haram.
Nigeria: Bombings in Jos Kill at Least 31
At least 31 people were killed in a double bombing in the central city of Jos on Thursday at a market near a bus station where a similar attack killed dozens of people in May.. Double bombing in central Nigerian city Jos kills at least 31 people; region has been target of attacks by extremist group Boko Haram.
Two Suicide Bombers Kill Dozens in Nigeria
The attack, which involved at least one female bomber, hit a market in Maiduguri, a city that was once headquarters to Boko Haram, the Islamist insurgent group.. Two suicide bombers, including at least one woman, blow themselves up at crowded market in Maiduguri, Nigeria; blast kills at least 24 shoppers, and blame immediately falls on Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram.
BOKO HARAM attacks: Nigeria needs same support as France
Lagos - A Nigerian archbishop called on Monday for the same international support to tackle Boko Haram as France has received since it was hit by Islamist attacks last week. I see the very positive response of the French government tackling this issue.
Where Terrorism is Normal (Nigeria) and News (France)
. Where terror is normal (Nigeria) and news (France).
The Boko Haram Death Toll
News came from northeast Nigeria on January 3rd that the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram had attacked Baga, a fishing town of ten thousand people on the shores of Lake Chad that has been raided by the militants before. The group seized a military .
Boko Haram escapee: I kept stepping on dead bodies - The.
Yanaye Grema hid for three days between a wall and his neighbours house, as Boko Haram fighters ransacked his home town of Baga on the shore of Lake Chad in Nigerias far northeast. The 38-year-old fisherman already��.
Why did the world ignore Boko Harams Baga attacks?
Reporting in northern Nigeria is notoriously difficult; journalists have been targeted by Boko Haram, and, unlike in Paris, people on the ground are isolated and struggle with access to the internet and other communications. Attacks by Boko Haram have .
Nigeria: Factory Attack Is Repelled
Nigerian police officers and soldiers repelled an attack on Thursday by gunmen on a French-owned cement factory in northeast Nigeria, where security forces are battling an Islamic uprising, a police official said.. Police and soldiers in Nigeria fend off attack by gunmen at French-owned cement factory in northeast part of country, where there is an Islamic uprising.
Nine days later, bodies still litter bushes from BOKO HARAMs deadliest massacre
Boko Haram has terrorized northern Nigeria regularly since 2009, attacking police, schools, churches and civilians, and bombing government buildings. The Islamist group has said its aim is to impose a stricter form of Sharia law across Nigeria, which.
BOKO HARAMs expanding stranglehold risks legitimacy of Nigerias election
Barely a month before a crucial Nigerian election, Boko Haram extremists are escalating their campaign of terror, recruiting children as suicide bombers and expanding their territory by slaughtering hundreds of civilians and soldiers. The Islamist.
2,000 killed in Nigeria: BOKO HARAMs latest attack deadliest.
Boko Haram, the extremist Islamic group that wants to enforce Sharia Law across Nigeria, has inflicted mass casualties in northeast Nigeria. Some reports put the number of fatalities as high as 2000.
BOKO HARAMs deadliest massacre reportedly kills 2000 in Nigeria
Jan. 12, 2015 - A child, at rear, walks through the scene of an explosion in a mobile phone market in Potiskum, Nigeria. Two female suicide bombers targeted the busy marketplace on Sunday, killing 4. Amnesty International called Boko Harams recent.
Growing Up Fearful in Nigeria
Murderous rampages by Muslims and Christians have swept the north for decades.
BOKO HARAM attacks Cameroon military base
Boko Haram has seized dozens of towns and villages in northeast Nigeria in the last six months and now reportedly controls the border areas of Borno state with Niger, Chad and Cameroon. The territorial gains have led to fears of a total loss of.
BOKO HARAM use 10-year-old girl suicide bomber in attack.
. stopped earlier at a checkpoint. Boko Haram were suspected of instigating the Maiduguri attack, as it has increasingly used female suicide bombers in its violent campaign for a hardline Islamic state in northeast Nigeria.
BOKO HARAM is actually putting ISIS to shame for barbarism
At the beginning of the year, Noah wrote what turned out to be a tragically prescient post about ���that other Islamic State��� which has been running roughshod over Christians and random civilians in Africa. Speaking of Boko Haram, Noah warned of the.
UN condemns BOKO HARAMs depraved act as child suicide bombers attack.
A man stands outside his destroyed home in Baga, Borno State, Nigeria, following heavy fighting between military forces from Nigeria, Niger and Chad, and Boko Haram. Photo: IRIN/Aminu Abubakar .
BOKO HARAMs Deadliest Terrorist Attack Yet - Business Insider
Boko Haram, extremists opposed to Western-style education and secular governance in Nigeria, carried out a multiday attack in the northeast of Nigeria, focusing on the town of Baga. According to Musa Alhaji Bukar, a senior��.
Boko Haram monsters detonate suicide vest on TEN-YEAR.
Heres another charming postcard from the religion of peace ��� Muslim enthusiasts Boko Haram strapped a suicide vest to a ten-year-old girl and detonated it after she arrived in a busy Nigerian marketplace, killing 16 at last��.
BOKO HARAM: Shocking footage shows devastation after bomb strapped to 10.
This shocking footage shows the scene of devastation after a bomb strapped to a 10-year-old suicide girl was detonated in a marketplace. The explosion, in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killed at least 16 people and injured more than 20.
BOKO HARAM Said to Abduct More Women in Nigeria
A bishop described a situation much like the one last April when more than 200 schoolgirls were taken in a kidnapping that attracted worldwide attention.. New kidnappings of scores of young women in Nigeria indicate that Islamist militant group Boko Harams campaign of violence is continuing despite official reports of a cease-fire with the group.
Boko Harams Continuing Rampage
Securing the release of captured girls is a top priority for Nigeria. Another is greater equality.
Boko Haram Attacks With Ease, Causing Death and Mayhem in Nigeria’s Provinces
Two attacks on Monday in Maiduguri and Damaturu, state capitals in northern Nigeria, were among a wave of assaults showing Boko Harams ability to strike at will, especially against civilians.. Continuing attacks across northern Nigeria highlight how Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram remains able to strike with ease in the region.
Boko Haram Reportedly Seizes Nigerian Army Base : The.
i i. Maureen B. Kabrik, a #Bring Back Our Girls campaigner, speaks during a sit-out meeting in Borno in support of the release of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls in August. Boko Haram militants, who seized the girls last��.
Boko Haram: The Other Islamic State
Maps showing the violent rise of the Islamist militant group that is waging a campaign of terror in Nigeria.
Nigeria: Teenager Says Rebels Forced Her Into Suicide Attack
A 14-year-old girl who was arrested this month with explosives strapped to her body said Wednesday that her parents had offered her as a volunteer to participate in a suicide attack.. Zahra’u Babangida, 14-year-old girl who was found with explosives and arrested in Kano, Nigeria, asserts that her parents had wanted her to participate in suicide attack planned by Boko Haram.
Thousands flee as BOKO HARAM seizes military base on.
Baga town was the scene of fighting between troops and Boko Haram in early 2013, when dozens of people were killed. Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images. Monica Mark in Lagos. Monday 5 January 2015 19.08��.
Reports Of Boko Haram-Led Massacre In Captured Nigerian.
Boko Haram extremists, who seized a northern garrison town in Nigeria less than a week ago, have reportedly carried out a massacre of its inhabitants, with Amnesty International saying as many as 2,000 have been killed.
Explainer: What is Boko Haram and why cant Nigeria stop.
This allows Boko Haram, which funds itself largely through kidnapping wealthy Nigerians and foreigners and drug trafficking (it also is believed to receive funding from Al Qaeda and Islamist sympathisers throughout the��.
Nigeria: Fish Vendors Attacked
Boko Haram militants have killed 48 fish vendors in northeastern Nigeria, near the border with Chad, the leader of the local fish traders’ association said Sunday.. Leader of local fish traders association in northeastern Nigeria says Boko Haram militants have killed 48 fish vendors near village Doron Baga, not far from border with Chad.
Report: Boko Haram attacks Cameroon
The news agency AFP quoted Cameroonian official sources on Monday as saying that Boko Haram fighters had attacked a military base in the northwestern Cameroonian city of Kolofata. The gunfire was very heavy, the source said. As soon as people .
Nigeria: Gunmen Take Town Where Girls Were Seized
Gunmen have seized Chibok, forcing thousands of people to flee the town where the group Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls in April, a local official said Friday.. Gunmen seize Chibok, Nigeria, forcing thousands of people to flee town from which Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls in April.
The Nigerian Status Quo
Corruption, terrorism and secular divisions are not as big a problem for Goodluck Jonathan as one might think.
Boko Haram Uses Little Girl as Suicide Bomber - Jezebel
The girl, who is still unidentified, had the explosives hidden underneath her veil when she walked in to a busy market in Maiduguri, a Boko Haram stronghold. The subsequent explosion killed at least 20 people and injured��.
BOKO HARAMs deadliest massacre: 2,000 feared dead in.
Boko Harams deadliest massacre: 2,000 feared dead in Nigeria. Amnesty International calls the killings a disturbing and bloody escalation and a local defence group says its fighters have given up trying to count the bodies.
Cameroon repels cross-border BOKO HARAM attack on army base
Yaound�� (AFP) - Cameroons army repelled a cross-border attack by Boko Haram Islamists on a military base Monday, a military source said, amid fears the group is expanding its insurgency beyond Nigerias borders. A group of Boko Haram fighter attacked .