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World / Social Issues Feb 2, 2018

Kin fear for safety of abducted Chibok girls as Nigeria bombs Boko Haram's forest hideout

Nigeria must avoid harming the Chibok girls in its reported bombardment of a forest hideout used by the Boko Haram militants who seized them, parents and activists said on Thursday. More than 200 schoolgirls were abducted from Chibok in 2014, and 106 have been found ...

Nigeria 'ransacking' areas recaptured from Boko Haram in hunt for leader

World Mar 29, 2017

Nigeria 'ransacking' areas recaptured from Boko Haram in hunt for leader

Nigeria's military is "ransacking" territory it said it has recaptured from Boko Haram in recent months in a search for its elusive leader, the country's defense minister said on Tuesday. The Nigerian military has said on multiple occasions that it killed Abubakar Shekau, leader of ...

Man claiming to be Boko Haram chief says in video group not routed from Sambisa stronghold

World Dec 30, 2016

Man claiming to be Boko Haram chief says in video group not routed from Sambisa stronghold

A man purporting to be the leader of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, denied the jihadi group has been pushed out of its stronghold in the Sambisa forest. President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said Boko Haram's last enclave in the forest, a ...

Nigerian army says Boko Haram may have used Chibok girls as shields while fleeing in forest

World Dec 29, 2016

Nigerian army says Boko Haram may have used Chibok girls as shields while fleeing in forest

Boko Haram fighters fleeing an attack on their base last week may have used some of the girls kidnapped in 2014 from northeast Nigeria's Chibok as human shields to prevent being fired upon by fighter jets, a military commander said on Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Lucky ...

World Apr 23, 2015

Government forces invade Nigeria's Sambisa Forest, last known stronghold of Boko Haram

Nigerian forces backed by warplanes invaded Islamist group Boko Haram's last known stronghold, the Sambisa Forest, on Wednesday, in an effort to finally defeat their six-year-old insurgency, two military sources said. Armies from Nigeria and neighbors Chad, Niger and Cameroon have in the past two ...

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