Boko Haram jihadists have killed another kidnapped aid worker in northeast Nigeria, the government said, the news came a month after one of her colleagues was murdered. Information minister Lai Mohammed did not identify the victim but described her killing as “dastardly, inhuman and ungodly”, and vowed to push for the release of two remaining…
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Boko Haram attacks at Lake Chad
Attack attributed to Boko Haram jihadists in the Lake Chad region left behind 18 people dead, a Chadian military source said on Sunday. “Boko Haram elements attacked a village south of Daboua,” not far from Chad’s border with Niger, at around 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) on July 19, the military source said. The assailants “cut…
Terrorist violence at rise in Africa
The number of violent incidents involving jihad groups in Africa has increased by +300% between 2010-2017, while the number of African countries experiencing sustained militant activity has more than doubled to 12 over the period, according to Africa Center. The number of violent incidents involving #jihadistgroups in #Africa has increased by +300% between 2010-2017; the…
Buhari vows to unite Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari, who took office in 2015 is vowing to end Boko Haram’s offensive to create an Islamic caliphate in the northeast, he also declared his priority to improve security in Africa’s most populous country of 150.53 million. The issue has become politically charged in the run-up to an election next year which Buhari…
Boko Haram attacks in Maiduguri
Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists attacked two villages on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri late Sunday (1.04.2018), killing at least 15 people, the military said. The militants tried to enter the center of Maiduguri, the provincial capital of Borno state, but army soldiers repelled them, gunning down six armed insurgents and seven suicide bombers,…
Boko Haram threatens abdications in future
Boko Haram militants released 91 of 110 schoolgirls they abducted in February, however they have issued a warning that the children must not return to education. The Nigerian government said in a statement that 91 released students had been documented so far, adding that the release of more girls was ongoing. JUST IN: A group…
Boko Haram use of children as human bombs
There has been a significant increase in the number of children used as human bombs by Boko Haram militants in north-east Nigeria, the United Nations says. Horrendous. Use of children as ‘human bombs’ rising in NE #Nigeria https://t.co/WGqUf3xmBn#ChildrenUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/U4DfNlz8iG — UNICEF (@UNICEF) August 22, 2017 Unicef reports there have been 83 cases so far this…
EU on terrorist attack in Nigeria
A terrorist bombing on a market in north east Borno state in Nigeria has caused many deaths and injuries. We extend our sincere condolences to the victims and their families and our thoughts are with all those affected by this. Suicide-bomb attacks hit refugee camp and Mandarari market in north-eastern Nigeriahttps://t.co/l47drtvqxi pic.twitter.com/N8gAt3H6k7 — DW News (@dwnews)…
Tajani enhances support to Sahel
The President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani had a meeting with the President of the Republic of Chad, Idriss Deby Itno. The discussion has been focused on the fragility of Sahel´s region security. 🇪🇺.@EP_President @Antonio_Tajani accoglie il Presidente della Repubblica del Chad 🇹🇩 Idriss Deby Itno @PE_Italia pic.twitter.com/HgzgpZ6oLl — PE Italia (@PE_Italia) July 25,…
Nigeria’s ‘Chibok girls’ freed from Boko Haram
A group of the “Chibok girls” freed from Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants have been reunited with their families. The 82 girls, who were part of a huge group kidnapped from their school in 2014, are in the care of security services in the capital, Abuja. Their parents travelled by bus through the night to meet…
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