YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — A year ago, a dozen Nigerian troops fighting about 200 Boko Haram militants in the town of Chibok exhausted their ammunition and ran, leaving the road open for the abduction of ...

A.I. chatbots are not just a propaganda tool for violent extremists but are aiding in bomb construction and attack planning, ...

The Islamist extremists have seized a string of towns in the northeast, displacing hundreds of thousands and creating a humanitarian crisis.... For Nigerians Fleeing Boko Haram, A Desperate Life On ...

The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has forced 500,000 children to flee in the last five months, and overall, 1.4 million children are “on the run” in north-eastern Nigeria and surrounding ...

Boko Haram on Wednesday launched a pre-dawn raid in Gamboru, northeastern Nigeria, looking to overwhelm Chadian troops who had pushed them out of the border town. The military in N’Djamena said the ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at Boko Haram, a militant Islamic group working out of Nigeria, whose purpose is to institute Sharia, or Islamic law. In the local Hausa dialect, Boko Haram means “Western ...

Nigerian soldiers take snapshots of vehicles allegedly belonging to a terrorism group, 2019. Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images Early 2025 saw Boko Haram resurging in the Lake Chad region, however, with ...

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Hopes were raised when the Nigerian military announced a cease-fire last month with the militants of Boko Haram, who have been fighting for years to impose Islamic law on Nigeria. But the Islamist ...

April 19, 2013 – Boko Haram battles with multinational security forces from Niger, Nigeria and Chad in the city of Baga in Borno State, leaving nearly 200 people dead, including many civilians. Shekau ...