-
Al Qaeda
Destroying Timbuktu: The Jihadist who Inspires the Demolition of the Shrines
-
Boko Haram
After attacks, Kenyan Muslims guard Christian churches
-
Nigeria
The al Qaeda-linked Boko Haram claimed the recent attacks on Christian villages near Jos that killed at least 58 people, saying that Christians “will not know peace again” until they accept Islam. Blame had initially fallen on Muslim herdsmen, and there is speculation that Boko Haram may have “acted with local communities.”
-
Nigeria
Scores of armed men, some in police uniforms and bulletproof vests, attacked Christian villages near Jos, killing 14 civilians and two policemen; 21 attackers also died. A military spokesman blamed Muslim cattle herders in the area for the attacks, but they denied responsibility.
-
Nigeria
One person was killed during a military raid on a Boko Haram hideout in Damaturu. Boko Haram is suspected of brutally killing two people in Maiduguri.
-
Nigeria
Two Nigerians, Lukaman Babatunde and Olaniyi Lawal, were accused of membership in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and charged with using AQAP funds to recruit fighters in Nigeria and send them to Yemen. Boko Haram, a Nigerian group linked to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has sent fighters to Mali to support AQIM forces there.
-
Nigeria
Nigerian rebels swap weapons for welding
-
Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters killed nine construction workers during an attack on a camp in Maiduguri. A captured spokesman for Boko Haram accused a senator of funding the terror group.
-
Nigeria
The military is planning on deploying troops to Kano as Boko Haram attacks rise. Police detonated two bombs in the city of Jos.
-
Nigeria
Seventeen “extremists” and one policemen were killed during fighting at police stations and a prison in Kano yesterday. Three Boko Haram fighters were also detained as police repelled the attacks.
-
Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan sacks Nigeria oil bosses
-
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Africa’s Islamist militants ‘co-ordinate efforts’
-
Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters freed more than 40 prisoners after storming a jail in Yobe. An IED blast near a pub in Bauchi wounded nine people. President Goodluck Jonathan said the government is seeking “new tactics” to combat Boko Haram.
-
Boko Haram
Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan says new tactics needed
-
Nigeria
The Joint Military Task Force killed four Boko Haram fighters during a raid in Kano; a car bomb was also seized in the raid. A bomb was detonated outside of a nightclub in Abuja; no casualties were reported.
-
Nigeria
Habibu Bama, a Boko Haram member who masterminded the Christmas Day 2011 bombings in Abuja as well as other attacks, was arrested in Damaturu. The head of the Christian Association of Nigeria called the recent attacks on Christians “religious cleansing.”
-
Nigeria
The US has added Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, and Khalid al Barnawi and Abubakar Adam Kamba to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Both Barnawi and Kamba “have ties to Boko Haram and have close links to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.”
-
US adds 3 Boko Haram leaders to list of global terrorists
Abubakar Shekau, the terror group’s leader, and two senior leaders who “have close links to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb,” have been added to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
-
Al Qaeda
US to slap “terrorist” label on Nigerian militants
-
Nigeria
Police and military units deployed in force in Kaduna after a curfew was imposed in the city. The curfew was put in place after violence erupted in the wake of Boko Haram suicide attacks on churches on Sunday.
-
Al Qaeda
Pentagon aims to be proactive in countering terror threat in Africa
-
Nigeria
Boko Haram killed 48 people in yesterday’s suicide attacks on churches in Kaduna and Zaria. The terror group claimed credit for the attacks, calling them a “victory against Christian Churches in Kaduna and Zaria which led to the deaths of many Christians and security operatives.”
-
Boko Haram
Bodies litter ground after Nigeria religious riots
-
Al Qaeda
ECOWAS has Mali force troop pledge, still lacks backing
-
Boko Haram suicide bombers target Nigerian churches
The al Qaeda-linked terror group has targeted churches in Nigeria on Sundays for three straight weeks.
-
Nigeria
Boko Haram bombed five Christian churches in Kaduna; suicide bombers carried out at least three of the attacks. Twelve people were killed in the blasts.
-
Nigeria
Soldiers killed four Boko Haram fighters during a raid on a safe house in Kano. The Boko Haram members produced propaganda, including pamphlets and videos uploaded on YouTube.
-
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
US expands secret intelligence operations in Africa
-
Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters killed two highway policemen and wounded three others in Maiduguri. General Abdulsalami Abubakar, the former military ruler of Nigeria, said Boko Haram members are “misguided.”
-
Nigeria
Boko Haram claimed credit for yesterday’s suicide attack in Jos and shootings in Biu. Boko Haram targeted churches in both attacks, killing eight people and wounding dozens more.
