World & Nation
Authorities in the northeastern city of Gwoza say at least 18 people were killed and 30 wounded, 19 seriously, in coordinated attacks by female bombers.
June 30, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise visit to troops in southern Gaza, days before his speech to the U.S. Congress.
July 18, 2024
Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria’s northern Katsina state.
Dec. 15, 2020
Interim President Mahamat Deby Itno is expected to win the long-delayed election. Chad is seen by the U.S. as one of the region’s last stable allies.
May 6, 2024
Boko Haram extremists have returned an unknown number of the 110 girls abducted from their Nigeria boarding school a month ago with an ominous warning, witnesses said Wednesday.
March 21, 2018
Boko Haram extremists have freed three university lecturers and 10 women the group had kidnapped in separate raids last year, Nigeria’s government said Saturday.
Feb. 10, 2018
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic extremists attacked two villages on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri late Sunday, killing at least 15 people, the military said Monday.
April 2, 2018
Military authorities say Nigerian soldiers have arrested more than 400 people associated with the Boko Haram extremist group hiding on the islands of Lake Chad, including fighters, wives and children.
Dec. 16, 2017
The U.N.’s migration agency said Friday that two of its staffers were among 11 people killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants on a military base in northeastern Nigeria.
March 2, 2018
Nigeria’s government confirmed 21 of the 218 missing schoolgirls abducted in 2014 by the extremist group Boko Haram have been released.
Oct. 13, 2016