Nigeria

The Nigerian Air Force dropped two bombs on the centre of a town where tens of thousands of people were…

Hundreds of Boko Haram fighters and their families have surrendered in Chad in the past month, security and U.N.

The Islamic State-allied faction of Boko Haram which last week freed 21 of more than 200 Chibok girls kidnapped in…

A joint military operation between Chad and Niger has killed 123 Boko Haram militants since July and recovered a significant…

Nigerian militant group the Niger Delta Avengers said on Saturday it had carried out its first oil pipeline attack in…

Thirty members of Boko Haram and five Nigerien soldiers have been killed in fighting in the southeastern Diffa region of…

The boy looked scared and younger than 16 when Iraqi police grabbed him on the street in the northern city…

Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has published a video apparently showing recent footage of dozens of school girls kidnapped two…

Bloomberg has rated the Egyptian economy third on the African continent, pushing it back from second place after just two…

Having been kidnapped by Boko Haram, held for almost a year, and raped by several militants, 28-year-old Aisha Umar could…