Boko Haram

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'A Huge Relief': 344 Schoolboys Released After Abduction In Nigeria

11:55am December 18, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Last week's attack, claimed by Boko Haram, recalled the Islamist group's abduction of 276 girls in 2014. Unlike that attack, though, this fraught chapter ended relatively quickly, and with happy news.

People attend a funeral for those killed by suspected Boko Haram militants in Zabarmari, Nigeria on Sunday. Officials say armed men on motorcycles reportedly killed at least 70 rice farmers and fishermen while they were harvesting crops in northern Borno

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Scores Killed In Massacre Of Farmers In Nigeria

9:42pm November 29, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

Residents say scores of agricultural workers were slaughtered in Borno state on Saturday. Boko Haram is active in the area.

Ashes smolder on the ground in the northeast Nigerian village of Budu on Sunday, after an attack this weekend by suspected Boko Haram fighters on a funeral procession left 60 people dead.

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Suspected Boko Haram Attack On Nigerian Funeral Procession Kills At Least 60 People

1:57pm July 29, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The militant group has been waging an insurgency in Nigeria and surrounding countries for a decade, killing tens of thousands of people and displacing about 2.4 million others.

People attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria on Oct. 14, 2014.

Girls Captured By Boko Haram Brought Into Focus In 'Beneath The Tamarind Tree'

1:57pm July 10, 2019

by Lily Meyer

Former CNN journalist Isha Sesay argues that the Nigerian government, the media and the public have failed the 276 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist group five years ago.

Supporters stand on a roof with placards and banners as they attend a campaign rally of the Nigerian opposition leader Atiku Abubakar on Thursday in Jimeta, eastern Nigeria.

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Nigerian Election Delayed Hours Before Polls Were Due To Open

9:55pm February 15, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Officials blame "challenges." In Africa's most populous country, President Muhammadu Buhari is trying to hold on to his position, and opposition leader Atiku Abubakar is his fiercest challenger.

Hauwa Mohammed Liman and Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa, two midwives who were captured by a terrorist group in March and subsequently killed.

A 24-Year-Old Midwife Was Taken Hostage In March — And Killed This Month

3:22pm October 23, 2018

by Jake Harper

The International Committee of the Red Cross has announced this latest killing of one of their employees in the unsettled northeast of Nigeria.

Aweofeso Adebola (in white shirt) and Ifeoluwa Ayomide (in cap) pose with some of the kids in their education program in Abuja, Nigeria.

Whatever Happened To... The Millennials Who Started A School For Boko Haram Escapees?

5:07pm September 04, 2018

by Linus Unah

The two young Nigerians have learned a lesson about teaching kids at a camp for displaced persons: Leave it to the experts!

President Trump and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari hold a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday.

Trump Deflects On Remarks About African Nations; Doesn't Apologize On Immigration

8:35pm April 30, 2018

by Brian Naylor

The president and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari discussed trade and security issues — and Trump spoke of a possible meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un.

School girls set free by their Boko Haram kidnappers are photographed during a handover to government officials in Maiduguri on Wednesday.

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One Month After Abduction, Boko Haram Brings Home More Than 100 Dapchi Girls

4:07pm March 22, 2018

Just one student who reportedly refused to convert to Islam from Christianity remains in captivity. 110 girls were snatched from their school in northeastern Nigeria on Feb. 19.

Ya Kaka, left, and Hauwa, right, who were captured by Boko Haram in 2014, pose with Statue of Liberty impersonators in Times Square.

Abducted By Boko Haram, Now Posing With Lady Liberty In Times Square

1:14pm March 21, 2018

by Natalie Jacewicz

Hauwa and Ya Kaka aren't typical teens. This month they came to the U.S. to speak up for the thousands of abductees still being held. But they also made time for tourist fun.