Boko Haram Carries Out First Attack in Chad
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…
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Boko Haram Launches First Attack Inside Chad
N’DJAMENA, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Boko Haram fighters attacked a village in Chad on Friday, the first known lethal attack in that country by the Nigerian militant group, which killed…
Malala Pushes Politicians To Make Boko Haram Kidnapping Priority During Elections
Saturday marked 300 days since Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds of Nigerian girls, and activist Malala Yousafzai criticized world leaders for their complacent response. The Nobel Peace Prize winner urged advocates…
200 Boko Haram Militants Killed In Nigeria Battle, Chad Forces Say
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s army killed more than 200 militants from Boko Haram on Tuesday in a battle in the northeastern Nigerian towns of Gambaru and Ngala, which are near…
Chadian Forces, Beating Back Boko Haram, Are Said to Retake Nigerian Town
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Chadian forces have retaken an important Nigerian town north of here that had been under the control of Boko Haram since October, according to a Chadian military…
Nigeria Fights To Recapture Key Town From Boko Haram
By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Nigerian troops were fighting on Monday with air support to recapture the northeastern town of Monguno from Boko Haram insurgents as…
Rifts Between U.S. and Nigeria Impeding Fight Against Boko Haram
WASHINGTON — Relations between American military trainers and specialists advising the Nigerian military in the fight against Boko Haram are so strained that the Pentagon often bypasses the Nigerians altogether,…
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Claims Baga Massacre And Threatens More Violence In New Video
ABUJA, Jan 20 (Reuters) – A man purporting to be Islamist Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau on Tuesday claimed an attack on the northeastern town of Baga in which scores…
Boko Haram attack repelled, Nigerian military says
The Nigerian Defense Headquarters said five terrorists and two anti-aircraft guns had been captured. Officials gave no casualty tolls, but residents told CNN that at least 40 Boko Haram fighters…
Boko Haram Fast Facts
The group also refers to itself as Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, meaning “People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad.” Boko Haram militants mainly inhabit areas…
Boko Haram seizes military base in Nigeria
Hundreds of Islamist militants have seized a multinational military base in northeastern Nigeria, according to a government official. “Boko Haram overwhelmed the Multinational Joint Task Force and dislodged them from…