Drastic cuts to humanitarian aid in north-eastern Nigeria could prove a boon to one of the world's most deadly militant ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Four Boko Haram suicide bombers killed 19 people in a series of attacks that targeted a civilian self-defense force and the people who gathered to mourn their deaths, police ...

The research focused on Nigerian widows who lost their husbands in the Boko Haram conflict, and the extent to which the ...

The former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, has shared some steps for combating insurgency in the country. Speaking ...

New evidence shows how the JAS group’s Shiroro cell adopts a flexible approach that tolerates local bandits and their vices.

Boko Haram’s seven-year Islamic uprising has killed more than 20,000 people, spread across Nigeria’s borders, driven some 2.3 million people from their homes and created a massive humanitarian ...

The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has stated that cases of Boko Haram attacks, banditry, and communal violence in northern Nigeria have drastically reduced under President Bola Tinubu’s ...

Nigeria’s information minister, however, downplayed the December 27 attacks and further reaffirmed that Boko Haram was on the precipice of being “wiped out.” ...

Boko Haram is a militant Islamic group that has existed for more than a decade in Nigeria, but it has become increasingly violent since an internal leadership change in 2009.

On Boko Haram's relationship to al-Qaida They seem to be even more extreme than al-Qaida. A few years ago, we could've barely imagined that.

With Nigeria's president saying Boko Haram is "technically defeated," we assess its current strength. The Islamist insurgents have lost ground but still terrorize the nation with suicide bombs.