Lake Chad touches four countriesNigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroonall of which have been targeted in recent weeks by Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group blamed for ongoing horrific attacks, abductions…
A military plane on Tuesday dropped a bomb on mourners in a Niger village on the border with Nigeria, killing 37 people and wounding 20 others, residents and a regional…
DAKAR, Senegal — Boko Haram widened its attacks to a fourth country early on Friday, striking a village in Chad for the first time. Members of the Islamist militant group…
DAKAR, Senegal — With the regional war against the Boko Haram militant group widening, Niger’s parliament has agreed to send troops across the border to join the fight. The vote…
By Abdoulaye Massalaki NIAMEY, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Islamist fighters from Nigeria’s Boko Haram sect attacked a prison in neighboring Niger overnight, hours before Niger’s parliament was due to vote…
By Issifou Djibo DIFFA, Niger, Feb 8 (Reuters) – At least five people were killed when a bomber struck a market in the town of Diffa in southeastern Niger on…
DAKAR, Senegal — The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram on Friday morning struck across Nigeria’s border into Niger for the first time, broadening the regional conflict to a fourth country…
While there have also been largely peaceful protests, authorities from Africa to the Middle East are seeing clashes in the streetsand seeking ways to tamp down the uproar among Muslims…