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Embattled Boko Haram leader resurfaces in video

KANO, NIGERIA: The embattled leader of jihadist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, resurfaced in a video posted online Sunday, rejecting assertions by the Nigerian army that he had been seriously wounded.

Boko Haram leader ‘wounded’ says Nigerian President

ABUJA:  Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said Sunday that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is "wounded", in his first comments on military claims that the jihadi leader was injured in an attack.

Father identifies Chibok girl kidnapped by Boko Haram

ABUJA: The father of one of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped from the remote area of Chibok more than two years ago said he recognised his daughter in a video released by Boko Haram on Sunday.

Boko Haram releases new video of alleged Chibok girls

KANO: Boko Haram on Sunday released a video of the girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes.

Nigerian schoolgirl rescued after two years as Boko Haram captive

MAIDUGIRI: A Nigerian teenager kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago has been rescued, the first of more than 200 girls seized in a raid on their school in Chibok town to return from captivity in the insurgents' forest lair, officials said on Wednesday.

First missing Chibok girl found in Nigeria

ABUJA: The first of more than 200 schoolgirls missing for over two years after they were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in Chibok in northeast Nigeria has been found, a parents group and local officials said on Wednesday.

Nigeria hosts international summit on Boko Haram

NAIROBI: Nigeria on Saturday hosts talks on Boko Haram with regional and Western powers, hoping for closer military cooperation and help with tackling the conflict's dire humanitarian fall-out.

Donors pledge $250 million to fight Boko Haram

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA: Donors at the African Union summit pledged on Monday $250 million (229 million euros) for the fight against Boko Haram insurgents, AU Peace and Security Council chief Smail Chergui said.

‘Many’ fatalities in three suicide attacks in north Cameroon

YAOUNDE: Three suicide attacks Monday left "many" fatalities at a marketplace in the far north of Cameroon, a region often targeted by Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist group, a security source said.

12 dead in Cameroon mosque suicide blast: security sources

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON: A suicide bomber killed 12 worshippers Wednesday at a northern Cameroon mosque, security officials said, hitting an area regularly targeted by Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists.

More than 30 dead as carnage returns to Nigeria

KADUNA: More than 30 people were killed Tuesday when a bomb blast ripped through packed crowds in Yola, northeast Nigeria, just days after President Muhammadu Buhari visited declaring that Boko Haram were close to defeat.

Over 20 killed in market bombing in Nigeria: locals, relief agency

MAIDUGIRI: More than 20 people were killed in a bomb attack in the garrison town of Monguno in remote northeast Nigeria, witnesses and the country's main relief agency said on Wednesday.

Boko Haram kills nearly 200 in 48 hours of Nigeria slaughter

KANO, NIGERIA: Boko Haram carried out a fresh wave of massacres in northeastern Nigeria on Friday, locals said, killing nearly 200 people in 48 hours of violence President Muhammadu Buhari blasted as "inhuman and barbaric".

Suspected Boko Haram attacks kills 150 in Nigeria

MAIDUGURI: Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed nearly 150 people in northeastern Nigerian villages, mowing down men and children while they prayed in mosques and shooting women preparing food at home, witnesses said Thursday.

Freed Nigerian women tell of horror of Boko Haram captivity

YOLA, NIGERIA: Boko Haram fighters killed older boys and men in front of their families before taking women and children into the forest where many died of hunger and disease, freed captives said on Sunday after they were brought to a government refugee camp.

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill 21 in Nigeria

KANO, Nigeria: Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead 21 people in northeast Nigeriawho were trying to return home to recover abandoned food supplies, a local official and a victim's relative said Monday. 

Nigeria’s Boko Haram abducted 2,000 women and girls: report

DAKAR/LONDON: Boko Haram Islamic militants have kidnapped at least 2,000 girls and women since the start of last year, turning them into cooks, sex slaves and fighters, and sometimes killing those who refused to comply, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

Nigeria’s Buhari says to ‘spare no effort’ in squashing Boko Haram

ABUJA: A day after becoming the first politician in Nigerian history to succeed a sitting leader by ballot, president-elect Muhammadu Buhari promised on Wednesday to "spare no effort" to defeat Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

Boko Haram fighters told to kill wives' as troops take its 'HQ'

ABUJA: Nigeria's military on Friday announced that troops had retaken the town of Gwoza from Boko Haram, from which the group declared their caliphate last year.

Girl suicide bomber kills seven in Nigeria

KANO: A girl thought to be as young as seven killed herself and seven others in a suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria on Sunday as President Goodluck Jonathan conceded his government had initially underrated the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram.
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