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JULY 23 (Reuters) — At least 13 people were killed in two suicide bomb attacks in northern Cameroon on Wednesday (July 22) in what appeared to be the deepest incursion by Boko Haram militants from neighboring Nigeria. The first explosion hit a market and the second a densely populated neighborhood, both in the capital of Cameroon’s Far North region, Maroua, a military source told Reuters. No one claimed responsibility, but Boko Haram has stepped […]
(Reuters) — Two bomb attacks by suspected Boko Haram militants killed more than 30 people at a market in Gombe, in northeast Nigeria, on Thursday, a Red Cross official said. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the blasts, which went off around 5.30pm (1630 GMT), but they bear the hallmarks of attacks by Boko Haram. The militant Islamists have killed thousands in a six-year insurgency in the country’s northeast. “We were in the market and suddenly […]
(Reuters) — Twenty-five people were killed on Tuesday (July 07) after a suicide bomber, suspected of belonging to Boko Haram, attacked a crowd in the northern Nigerian city of Zaria. The attack took place in the compound of a local government building where people had gathered to greet a newly-appointed head administrator. There were conflicting reports as to whether the bomber was male or female. In a separate attack, witnesses and a military source said […]
JUNE 16 (Reuters) — Hospitals across Chad’s capital struggled to treat 100 people injured in dual attacks on Monday (June 15). At least 27 people were killed, including four suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters. At the Liberte hospital, the closest to the scene of the blast, some injured people could only be treated on the blood-covered floor as space had run out. Many of the injured were believed to have been at the police training […]
JUNE 12 (Reuters) — Nigeria and its neighbors agreed on Thursday (June 11) to set up a joint military force to counter Boko Haram, a sign of President Muhammadu Buhari’s intent to crush the Islamist militant group during his tenure. At a one-day summit at Abuja airport, the 72-year-old former military ruler, who was inaugurated just two weeks ago, welcomed the leaders of Chad, Niger and Benin, and the defence minister of Cameroon. Aliyu Ismail, […]
MAY 11 (Reuters) — Since Nigeria’s army began clearing large areas of the country’s northeast from Boko Haram, some of the 1.5 million internally displaced people have started returning home. But thousands could now face severe food shortages as reconstruction lags behind. Along the main roads heading north from Adamawa’s state capital Yola, some trade has resumed in the towns but ghostly pockets and haunting reminders of the insurgent takeover are evident. Islamist militant group […]
AT least 2,000 women and girls have been abducted by Boko Haram since the start of 2014 and many have been forced into sexual slavery and trained to fight, said Amnesty International in a report released on Tuesday (April 14) to coincide with the first anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok school girls. Based on nearly 200 witness accounts, including 28 with abducted women and girls who escaped captivity, a new 90-page report, […]
In an audio recording, extremist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said that it has accepted the pledge of allegiance of the militant group Boko Haram in West Africa.
The leader of the Islamic State militant group that controls tracts of Syria and Iraq has accepted a pledge of allegiance from Nigerian Islamists Boko Haram, his spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani said, calling on supporters to fight in Africa. Boko Haram, which has killed thousands and kidnapped hundreds during a six-year campaign to carve out an Islamist state in northern Nigeria, pledged its allegiance last week, highlighting increased coordination between jihadi movements across north Africa and […]
Video released by the United Nation’s World Food Programme(WFP) on Monday (February 9) showed the desperate situation of refugees and displaced people fleeing attacks by Islamic sect Boko Haram in the Diffa region of southeast of Niger, near the border with Nigeria. Relief agencies are scaling up their response to the refugee influx but insecurity is making it increasingly difficult to operate, especially in remote areas. “There has been fierce fighting and the challenge is […]
(Reuters) – Two bomb attacks at a bus station and a market in north Nigeria on Monday killed at least 27 people and wounded around 60, officials said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for either attack. Boko Haram insurgents have repeatedly set off bombs targeting civilians, especially in the northeast where they are trying to carve out an Islamic state. The first one, in the city of Gombe, involved two explosions in quick succession. “The […]
Various news agencies have reported different estimates – from 80 to more than 120– of people killed in two suicide bombings and open fire on a Muslim congregation Friday, Nov. 28, in a central Mosque in northern Nigeria’s city of Kano. Reuters and BBC said at least 81 were killed while CNN reported at least 120 fatalities. Those injured were estimated at 270. CNN, quoting a source, an unnamed official, said the death toll could […]
