Tag: Boko Haram

Chad: Army kills 1,000 Boko Haram fighters

April 11, 2020

The Chadian army neutralized about 1,000 Boko Haram fighters and lost 52 of its own soldiers in an operation launched 10 days ago. The operation ... Read More

Chadian army clashes with Boko Haram on Lake Chad

March 24, 2020

The Chadian army clashed with elements of Boko Haram on Monday in Bouma, a locality on Lake Chad. According to corroborated sources, the clashes lasted ... Read More

Fifty Boko Haram terrorists killed in Niger – Army

March 17, 2020

At least 50 Boko Haram militants have been killed in Niger, the West African country's defense ministry says.   According to the army, the Islamist ... Read More

Nigeria: villages destroyed by the army – AI  

February 14, 2020

Amnesty International called on Friday for an investigation into military operations in northeastern Nigeria, where at least three villages have been razed to the ground ... Read More

Nigeria: at least 60 killed in less than a week

February 13, 2020

An attack Monday on the village of Bakali, in the Giwa region, by several armed attackers killed at least 25 civilians and injured many others. ... Read More

Russia-Africa Summit: Nigeria purchases 12 Russia-made helicopters

October 24, 2019

Nigeria Wednesday signed up for 12 Russia-made military helicopters to be used in the fight against Boko Haram, an Islamic State-linked insurgency giving headache to ... Read More

Boko Haram kills four in attack on Cameroon’s Kofia Island

April 28, 2019

Assailants from the jihadist group Boko Haram killed at least four people, one soldier and three civilians, and seriously injured four others during an attack ... Read More

Security Council Calls for Holistic Approach to Counterterrorism in Sahel

July 25, 2017

The UN Security Council Presidency issued a statement voicing concern over the surge of terrorist attacks in the Sahel and stressing the need for a ... Read More

MENA Region Tops List of Global Conflict Fatalities

May 12, 2017

The International Institute for Strategic Studies issued its annual Armed Conflict Survey showing that the region of the Middle East and North Africa continues to ... Read More

Tunisian Authorities Worry Sirte IS Escapers Would Turn to Tunisia

September 7, 2016

Tunisia’s defense minister Tuesday in Paris warned his country may be retreat terrain for the Islamic State group militants fleeing the Libyan coastal city of ... Read More