boko haram

The issue of restructuring the country’s delicate federal system has long been off limits. Both candidates have now put it front and center, ensuring that reforms are on the way.

Nigerians fleeing violence at home are being kicked out of northern Cameroon and being sent back to areas terrorized by Boko Haram.

Deployment of armed drones in Niger coincides with a new U.S. plan to withdraw some troops.

Stung by its inclusion on the Trump administration’s travel ban, Chad is already making life harder for U.S. troops in Africa.

As American drone bases sprout up across the continent, special operations forces push out.

The world’s seventh most populous country is about to run out of food, as aid agencies face cuts.

A new UNICEF report details how the terrorist group relies on children to do its dirty work.

Abubakar Shekau’s bloodthirst helped make him the leader of Boko Haram — until the Islamic State decided to drop him for a friendlier face.

In an exclusive interview on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., Nigeria's military chief defended his military's human rights record.

The death of a 1-year-old Nigerian toddler had many authors — Boko Haram’s viciousness, his own government’s negligence, and starvation’s relentlessness.

Boko Haram might have a new leader, and he wants to target Christians.

Could the deadliest jihadi group on Earth be about to scrap its alliance with the Islamic State in favor of al Qaeda?

Turkey's foreign minister slammed American troops' decision to wear YPG insignia, saying they should wear the Islamic State next.

Meet the man who transformed an obscure proselytizing group into the deadliest terrorist organization on earth.

The American ambassador to the United Nations was traveling in a convoy that struck and killed a child in Cameroon on Monday.

Taken from their homes by Boko Haram fighters, these Nigerian women were held captive for months — some even longer. They escaped. But going home is another matter.

Nigeria asked phone giant MTN to shut down unregistered SIM cards. They failed to respond in time.

Impoverished young men have menaced the city of Zinder with rapes and murders. Now Boko Haram wants to turn their ultra-violence into a weapon of war.

Boko Haram militants have forced 1 million children out of school.

The terrorist group’s dream of an Islamic caliphate is over. But even on the defensive, the group is as deadly as ever.