A car bomb has exploded in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing at least 17 people. The Islamist group Boko Haram said it carried out the attack. A suspect has been arrested, the military says. The bomb went off near a market, sending up a large plume of smoke. People were see...

11 January 2015 – Appalled by the escalating bloodshed at the hands of Boko Haram in northern Nigeria over the past week, capped by reports that suspected child suicide bombers attacked a crowded market in war-torn Borno state, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Anthony Lake, head of t...

Nigerian troops early Wednesday foiled a Boko Haram attack in Biu, Borno State, North Eastern Nigeria, killing several gunmen, that tried to overrun a military barrack. Residents said scores of Boko Haram militants in at least 10 pickups and two motorcycles attempted to capture the town. The N...

Le Tchad, jusqu'à présent épargné par les attaques de Boko Haram, ne se sent pas pour autant à l'abri. Après de nouvelles attaques meurtrières menées par la secte islamiste au Cameroun, le gouvernement tchadien a proposé à Yaoundé, mercredi 14 janvier, un « soutien actif dans la riposte courageuse e...

by John Campbell In the best of times, Northeastern Nigeria and the adjoining regions in neighboring Chad, Niger, and Cameroon are among the poorest regions in the world. Food security, especially, is highly fragile in the face of desertification and overpopulation. These are not the best of tim...

The United Nations (UN) has promised to assist Nigerian government and all affected neighbouring countries in bringing an end to insurgency and violence. The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon gave the assurance in a statement issued on Monday, in New York, by UN spokesman, Stephane DuJarric. I...

Quand Borye Kime est revenu dans Baga à la faveur de la nuit, progressant à la lueur de la lune, il a vu sa ville en ruines, et des "corps partout", ceux des habitants massacrés par les combattants islamistes nigérians de Boko Haram. "Toute la ville empeste l'odeur des cadavres en décomposition" ...

Ce lundi 12 janvier, Boko Haram a essuyé un cuisant revers lors d’une incursion contre une position de l'armée camerounaise dans la région de Kolofata, dans l'extrême nord du pays. Les jihadistes, venus en nombre du Nigeria voisin, avaient pour cible un camp militaire tenu par des militaires camerou...

YAOUNDÉ (AFP) - "Boko Haram est en train de mettre le feu (au Cameroun) et personne ne bouge le moindre petit doigt", constate, amer, un responsable militaire camerounais après un nouveau raid meurtrier des islamistes armés nigérians contre une ville de la province de l'Extrême-Nord. Pose d'explo...

Faith Karimi and Aminu Abubakar, CNN Kano, Nigeria (CNN)The attackers sped into a Nigerian town with grenade launchers -- their gunfire and explosions shattering the early morning calm. As terrified residents scattered into bushes in Baga town and surrounding villages, the gunmen unloaded moto...