boko haram

Around the world, security forces use forced displacement as a means of sorting populations. To fix the global displacement crisis, it’s critical to understand how and why they do it.

Rising extremist violence in the country’s oil-rich north threatens stability in southern Africa—and requires a coordinated response.

The battle against jihadi terrorism in Africa takes one of its deadliest turns yet, with consequences far beyond the region.

The war against Boko Haram saw kids drafted by both sides. Now they need assistance and a post-conflict future.

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.