Boko Haram kidnaps hundreds, tells stories of Chibok girls
By CHIKA ODUAH When Islamic extremists snatched more than 270 girls from the Chibok boarding school in Nigeria in the dead of night, protests broke out worldwide. The U.S. pledged…
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Suicide bomb hits Niger border town after Boko Haram attack
By DALATOU MAMANE Boko Haram staged an overnight assault on a border town in Niger and a suicide bomber detonated explosives near a market in the same town a few…
Nigeria postpones elections to March 28, cites uprising
By MICHELLE FAUL Nigeria’s electoral commission says it is postponing presidential and legislative elections until March 28 because security forces fighting an Islamic uprising cannot voters’ safety around the country.…
Nigeria postponing Feb. 14 vote amid Boko Haram violence
By MICHELLE FAUL Nigeria’s electoral commission will postpone Feb. 14 presidential and legislative elections for six weeks to give a new multinational force time to secure northeastern areas under the…
Boko Haram, hit by 3-nation offensive, rampage in Cameroon
By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI and MICHELLE FAUL Nigerian Islamic extremists on the run from a massive, three-nation offensive took revenge Thursday on civilians in neighboring Cameroon, shooting and burning scores…
Kerry in Nigeria to warn against postelection violence
In a rare high-level visit to Africa’s most populous country, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Nigeria’s leading presidential candidates to refrain from fomenting violence after next…
Amnesty says satellite images show Nigerian destruction
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Large areas of Nigerian towns attacked by Islamic extremists were razed to the ground in a widespread campaign of destruction, according to satellite images released Thursday by…
Lawyer defends acts of Nigeria soldiers sentenced to death
By BASHIR ADIGUN and MICHELLE FAUL A human rights lawyer says 54 soldiers have been sentenced to death because they embarrassed Nigeria’s military by demanding weapons to fight Islamic extremists,…