Nigeria's President Hopes To Push Back Boko Haram In A Month
Facing re-election in a week, Goodluck Jonathan says he thinks that all the territory seized by the extremist group can be retaken.
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Boko Haram Reportedly Swears Allegiance To The Islamic State
The message purporting to be from the Nigerian extremist group was posted to Twitter pledging to follow the Caliph and to obey ISIS "in times of difficulty and prosperity."
Boko Haram Takes A Page From ISIS Propaganda Playbook
The Nigerian Islamist militant group has traded grainy videos for slick productions. This week, Boko Haram posted a video purportedly showing the bodies of two beheaded men accused of spying.
Boko Haram Ventures Out Of Nigeria, Hitting Village In Chad
The Islamist extremist group that has killed and kidnapped thousands in Nigeria is increasingly expanding its area of operation as it reportedly tries to establish an independent state.
Suspected Boko Haram Militants Attack Another Nigerian Town
The reported assault is on a city about 100 miles southwest of where the Islamist extremist group killed as many as 2,000 people earlier this month.
Satellite Images Show 'Catastrophic' Destruction Of Boko Haram Attack In Nigeria
The government has downplayed the severity of the attack, but Amnesty International, which released the images, says they prove the attack was on a "horrific scale."
143 Boko Haram Fighters Killed In Clashes With Cameroon's Military
The militants, who are waging a deadly war in Nigeria, had attacked a Cameroonian military camp, a government official said. Nigeria's neighbors are being drawn into the battle with the group.
What World Leaders Say, And What They Do
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Reports Of Boko Haram-Led Massacre In Captured Nigerian Town
Baga, in the country's northeastern Borno state, was seized a week ago. Amnesty International says that as many as 2,000 people may have been killed by the Islamist extremists in recent days.
Boko Haram Reportedly Seizes Nigerian Army Base
The capture of the base and adjoining town is the latest attack by the extremist groups, which is also responsible for the mass kidnapping of school-aged girls in April.