Boko haram

Gunmen kill three in Nigeria school attack

Police confirmed the deaths of three people, including a school vice principal, a 70-year-old man and a 6-year-old child. One security operative was injured.

Members of the Nigerian Police Force deploy a water cannon truck near a protest site where supporters of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), are demanding his release from prison, in Abuja, Nigeria, October 20, 2025.
A woman rescued from Boko Haram in Sambisa forest celebrates her freedom from Boko Haram at Malkohi camp for Internally Displaced People in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria

Nigerian forces rescue hundreds of abductees held by Boko Haram

Nigerian Army soldiers patrol near the scene after a deadly gunmen attack in Yelwata, Benue State, Nigeria, June 16, 2025.

Twenty killed in suspected Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

An example of the Nigeria Evangelical Fellowship food relief and medical outreach for Christian Internally Displaced Persons in Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.

US pressure is forcing action on anti-Christian violence, Nigerian Christian leader tells 'Post'


Christians targeted in Nigeria: why the world should care - opinion

Excerpted and adapted from The Next Jihad: Stop the Christian Genocide in Africa.

A BOY walk past the Apostolic church in Bodo, Nigeria

Islamic State group in Nigeria kills 20 soldiers, displaces 1,000 people

The militants entered Monguno in Borno state posing as a convoy of soldiers on Tuesday evening, the sources said. They then attacked troops inside the town, destroying at least 750 homes.

FILE PHOTO: People stand amid the damage at a camp for displaced people after an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Dalori, Nigeria November 1, 2018

Islamists kill nine soldiers in northeast Nigeria

A decade-long insurgency in the northeast, started by Islamist group Boko Haram in 2009, has claimed more than 30,000 lives.

Nigerian soldiers sent to fight Boko Haram Islamists, May 22, 2013

Kidnaps and killings, Nigerian-style

Leah’s mother recently visited Washington, DC, where I had an opportunity to speak to her about her daughter, and about her own tireless efforts to see Leah released.

A girl displaced as a result of Boko Haram attack in the northeast region of Nigeria, rests her head on a desk at Maikohi secondary school camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Yola

After Nigerian army abandoned town, Boko Haram slaughtered at least 60

The attack on Rann, home to a camp housing tens of thousands of people displaced by the Islamist insurgency, was one of the group's bloodiest.

FILE PHOTO: People stand amid the damage at a camp for displaced people after an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Dalori, Nigeria November 1, 2018

Analysis: Al-Azhar and the surge of Muslim antisemitism

“In our recent history, eleven Jews have been assassinated, and some of them tortured, by radical Islamists"

Egyptian Muslims take part in evening prayers called "Tarawih" on Laylat al-Qadr or Night of Decree, at Al-Azhar Mosque in old Cairo, Egypt June 21, 2017.

Suspected Boko Haram attacker arrested in Germany

The man, named Amaechi Fred O., was detained on Wednesday in Bavaria.

Boko Haram

Report: Jihadist groups luring recruits with promises of sex slaves

"Modern day slavery may increase as Daesh struggles to sustain its financial reserves," says researcher.

A displaced woman from the minority Yazidi sect, who was kidnapped by Islamic State militants of Tal Afar but managed to flee, reacts in Duhok province, northern Iraq, November 24, 2016.

Amnesty: Boko Haram resurgence kills 381 civilians since April

Amnesty: Boko Haram resurgence kills 381 civilians since April

A girl displaced as a result of Boko Haram attack in the northeast region of Nigeria, rests her head on a desk at Maikohi secondary school camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Yola