Suicide Bombers In Nigeria Kill At Least 17
Four bombers, including at least one female, targeted the civilian self-defense force and people who had gathered to mourn in the city of Maiduguri.
Boko Haram
What It's Like To Come Home After Fleeing From Boko Haram
The terrorist network seized her town in 2014. Now they're gone and she's back. But life is not the same.
They Quit Their Office Jobs To Teach Kids In A Camp For Displaced People
It started when a 20-something government worker in Nigeria visited a camp. And met the kids. And saw that they weren't getting much of an education.
In Northeast Nigeria, Displaced Families Celebrate Ramadan's End In Style
Security remains an issue in the northeast as Boko Haram's sporadic but targeted attacks continue. But even by those displaced by the fighting managed to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr, or "Sallah" in Nigeria.
That Amazing Moment When 82 Chibok Girls And Families Reunited
On Saturday, jubilant families were reunited with the daughters who'd been held captive by Boko Haram for three years.
82 Chibok Girls Reunited With Their Families After More Than 3 Years
In an emotional reunion, 82 of the Chibok girls hugged their families for the first time since they were abducted by Boko Haram militants in 2014. The girls will remain in government care for now.
Families Of 82 Released Chibok Girls Are Hopeful ... And Anxious
The government promises a reunion with their families on Friday. But there is uncertainty about what will happen after that.
82 More Chibok Schoolgirls Freed In Militant Exchange
It's the largest release of the 276 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from Nigeria's Chibok boarding school in April, 2014.
Amid Aid Uncertainty, U.S. Counterterrorism Cooperation Continues In Africa
Forces from 27 countries took part last month in U.S.-led counterterrorism exercises to fight extremist violence by Boko Haram, the flow of foreign fighters and trafficking in the Lake Chad region.
Boko Haram Increasingly Using Children In Suicide Bombings, UNICEF Says
The horrifying pattern is a sign of shifting strategy for the militant group, now in its eighth year of conflict. Twenty-seven children were used in suicide attacks in the first three months of 2017.