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Would-be suicide bomber shot dead in Nigeria INTERNATIONAL

Would-be suicide bomber shot dead in Nigeria

Security guards shot dead on Saturday a man who was trying to detonate a bomb at a camp in northeastern Nigeria for people displaced during a seven-year insurgency waged by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Blast kills 8 suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria INTERNATIONAL

Blast kills 8 suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria

A truck conveying eight suspected Boko Haram Islamists exploded near a military checkpoint in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing the occupants, an army spokesman told AFP.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigerian officials 'sexually abusing Boko Haram victims' INTERNATIONAL

Nigerian officials 'sexually abusing Boko Haram victims'

Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Nigerian officials of sexually exploiting women and girls living in camps for victims of Boko Haram in the war-torn northeast.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigeria confirms release of 21 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram INTERNATIONAL

Nigeria confirms release of 21 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram

Boko Haram Islamists have released 21 of more than 200 girls kidnapped in 2014 in the northern town of Chibok, the Nigerian government said on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Niger, Chad armies kill 38 Boko Haram fighters INTERNATIONAL

Niger, Chad armies kill 38 Boko Haram fighters

Soldiers from Niger and Chad have killed 38 Boko Haram fighters during operations that followed attacks by the Nigerian Islamist group on two border towns in southeastern Niger earlier this week, Niger's army said on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Clash with Boko Haram in Niger kills five soldiers, 30 militants INTERNATIONAL

Clash with Boko Haram in Niger kills five soldiers, 30 militants

Thirty members of Boko Haram and five Nigerien soldiers have been killed in fighting in the southeastern Diffa region of Niger, the defense ministry said in a statement late on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigerian air force says kills top Boko Haram militants as Kerry arrives INTERNATIONAL

Nigerian air force says kills top Boko Haram militants as Kerry arrives

Nigeria's air force said it had killed a number of senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived for talks on tackling the militants.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Boko Haram releases new video of alleged Chibok girls INTERNATIONAL

Boko Haram releases new video of alleged Chibok girls

Boko Haram on Sunday released a video of the girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Islamic State names new leader of Nigeria's Boko Haram INTERNATIONAL

Islamic State names new leader of Nigeria's Boko Haram

Islamic State has named a new leader of Boko Haram, the Nigerian militant group which last year swore allegiance to it. Abu Musab al-Barnawi was named Islamic State's governor for West Africa in a two-page interview in its weekly magazine, al-Naba, which was circulated late on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Boko Haram kills 7 in northeast Nigeria INTERNATIONAL

Boko Haram kills 7 in northeast Nigeria

Boko Haram gunmen killed seven people in a raid on a town in northeast Nigerian Borno state near the border with Cameroon on Saturday, residents told AFP on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Suicide bomber kills at least nine at mosque in Nigeria's Damboa INTERNATIONAL

Suicide bomber kills at least nine at mosque in Nigeria's Damboa

A suicide bomber killed at least nine people and injured around 12 others on Friday in an attack on a mosque in northeastern Nigerian Damboa during early morning prayers, a military source said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Ten killed in Boko Haram suicide bombing in Cameroon INTERNATIONAL

Ten killed in Boko Haram suicide bombing in Cameroon

A suicide bombing by a Boko Haram militant has killed at least 10 people in northern Cameroon, a security source said Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016