Some of nearly 300 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria's north are freed after weeks in captivity At least 137 of nearly 300 Nigerian children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in the northwestern state of Kaduna were released on Sunday, the West African nation’s military said. World 24 Mar, 2024
More than 50 million people affected by urban conflicts: UN More than 50 million people are affected by conflict in urban areas from Afghanistan to Libya, Syria, Yemen and beyond where they face a much higher risk of being killed or injured, the United Nations chief said Tuesday. World 26 Jan, 2022
Gunmen abduct 39 students from school in northwest Nigeria Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped 39 students just weeks after a similar mass abduction in the region, authorities said Friday. World 13 Mar, 2021
Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state’s governor said Tuesday. World 02 Mar, 2021
42 abducted from Nigerian school 2 weeks ago freed: official An official says 42 people including 27 students who were abducted two weeks ago from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed. World 27 Feb, 2021
Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls taken in mass abduction Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation. World 27 Feb, 2021
Boko Haram claims abduction of students in northern Nigeria LAGOS: Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria's northern Katsina State last week in one of the largest such attacks in years, raising fears of a growing wave of... Women 16 Dec, 2020
Gunmen kill 28, burn 800 houses in Niger attack blamed on Boko Haram NIAMEY/NEW YORK: An attack blamed on Boko Haram killed 28 people and burned 800 homes in an attack in Niger’s Diffa region on Saturday, Nigerien authorities and the United Nations said. The Islamist militant group has been waging attacks in the... Women 15 Dec, 2020
Suspected extremists kill at least 40 farmers in Nigeria MAIDGURI: Suspected members of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram killed at least 40 rice farmers and fishermen in Nigeria as they were harvesting crops in the country's northern state of Borno, officials said. One said the death toll could rise to... Women 30 Nov, 2020
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 13 in Cameroon DOUALA: Suspected militants from Islamist group Boko Haram killed at least 13 people and wounded eight others in a grenade attack in northern Cameroon on Sunday, a security source and a local official told Reuters. The unidentified assailants threw... Women 02 Aug, 2020
Boko Haram kills 69, razes village in northern Nigeria: sources MAIDUGURI: Boko Haram gunman killed at least 69 people and razed a village to the ground in northern Nigeria's Borno state on Tuesday afternoon, three sources told Reuters. The men attacked the village of Faduma Koloram, in Gubio local government... Women 11 Jun, 2020
Chad's army says 52 soldiers, 1,000 Boko Haram fighters killed in operation N'DJAMENA: Chad's army said on Thursday it had killed as many as 1,000 Boko Haram fighters and lost 52 of its own soldiers in a 10-day old operation that followed the jihadist group's deadliest-ever attack on national forces. Chad's army launched... Women 10 Apr, 2020
