(BBC) – The US has “aided and abetted” the Boko Haram Islamist militant group by refusing to provide weapons to Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari says. A...
AHMED MOHAMMED, Associated Press MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press JOS, Nigeria (AP) — A day of extremist violence against both Muslims and Christians in Nigeria killed more...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram extremists gunned down nearly 100 Muslims praying in mosques in a northeast Nigerian town during the...
(BBC) – Cameroon has started to release some of the 84 children detained for more than six months after a raid on Koranic schools. The authorities...
Peter Dominiczak, Gordon Rayner, and Ben Farmer, LONDON (The Telegraph) — British Muslims must report concerns about family members or friends becoming radicalised or they...
EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. panel is calling for Internet and social media companies to respond to the exploitation of...
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will host Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House on July 20 to discuss fighting the Boko Haram militant group, among...
(BBC) – Chad’s military says it has carried out airstrikes in neighbouring Nigeria on suspected positions of militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The strikes were in...
(BBC) – The US says it will give $5m (£3.2m) towards a multi-national task force being set up to fight Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram....
Dany Padire, ASSOCIATED PRESS N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Suicide bombers on motorcycles simultaneously attacked two buildings including the national police academy in Chad’s capital...
IBRAHIM ABDULAZIZ, Associated Press YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the main market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Yola, killing 29...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian military abuses have caused the deaths of some 8,000 civilians in the fight against Boko Haram extremists,...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram once again attacked the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, waking...
(BBC) – Nigeria’s army has sacked at least 200 soldiers for cowardice and failure to fight against Boko Haram militants, several soldiers have told the BBC....
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is blaming his own party for the rise of the Islamic State group. The...
(BBC) – The UN children’s agency says there has been an “alarming” increase in the number of suicide attacks in northern Nigeria, with many of them...
(Reuters) – Iraq’s Shi’ite paramilitaries said on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic State from the western province of Anbar,...
(US News) – Invading Iraq was a mistake. That’s the consensus now even among Republicans, whose presidential candidates in recent days have largely fallen in...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press IBRAHIM ABDULAZIZ, Associated Press YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — The accusations against a woman who was rescued from Boko Haram abductors came from...
By Doshon Farad Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Daily World In a country that prides itself on being the apex of liberty and...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (BBC) — Streets are deserted with markets, schools and hospitals shut in the densely populated city, reports say. The army said the lockdown...
(Reuters) – The FBI warned police in Garland, Texas, about three hours before a shooting at a weekend exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad...
CARA ANNA, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo is planning to go ahead and take action against a rebel group...
(BBC) – Two militants have attacked a business college in Potiskum in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Yobe. At least six students were seriously injured by...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press GAIDAM, Nigeria (AP) — Niger troops have deported more than 3,000 Nigerian fishermen and refugees escaping Boko Haram, forcing them to undertake...
