Nigerian Violence Spawns Homemade Responses

Snakes and bees ‘flush out’ Boko Haram fighters

Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram is suspected of bombing a shopping center in Abuja, Nigeria.

Nigeria: Thousands Flee Boko Haram Terror

Africa facing terrorism “storm”–Senegalese president

Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped 20 women from a market in northeastern Nigeria as the group continues its terror campaign.

US State Department Ramps Up Efforts Against Boko Haram

The jihadist group has killed more than 200 civilians in several villages in northeastern Nigeria over the past few days. Reports have emerged of collusion between Boko Haram and elements within the military.

Bullets in the classroom: Cameroon students caught in Boko Haram crossfire

Nigeria schools walk line between Islamic and Western traditions

Suspected Boko Haram militants shot and killed a local emir in an attack on a funeral convoy in northern Nigeria.

Cameroon weakest link in fight against Boko Haram: Nigeria

Boko Haram shows changing al Qaeda threat

Boko Haram fears hold Maiduguri hostage

Nigeria’s Army Holding Up Hunt for Taken Girls

Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘targets village vigilantes’

US ‘only’ country helping to find Nigerian schoolgirls, claims John Kerry

The UN cites Boko Haram’s relationship with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) as a reason for adding the Nigerian group to the al Qaeda sanctions list. Previous designations and formal announcements by the US also recognized Boko Haram’s ties to AQIM. Documents found in Osama bin Laden’s compound reportedly showed contacts between the group and al Qaeda’s senior leadership.

In an interview, a Boko Haram member threatened that the group will conduct more kidnapping operations similar to its attack in Chibok where the group abducted over 300 schoolgirls.

Nyanya: How mastermind was arrested in Sudan

The exodus of Nigeria’s Christians

US Officials Question Ability of Nigeria to Rescue Hostages

Chibok: the village that lost its daughters to Boko Haram

Nigerians defy terror to keep learning

Showing the kidnapped girls in its latest video, Boko Haram demands that the Nigerian government release prisoners in exchange for the girls’ freedom.

Boko Haram’s bin Laden connection

Boko Haram’s five-year battle to impose caliphate kills thousands

This is not just Nigeria’s war on terrorists – it’s the world’s fight too

UN condemns terrorists in Nigeria, calls for punishment, demands release of kidnapped girls

Boko Haram exploits Nigeria’s slow military decline
