Three-week operation by troops from Niger and Nigeria targeted area that has become a bolthole for Boko Haram and Isis-linked militantsSix soldiers and at least 22 jihadists have died in fighting in the Lake Chad region of central AfricA, a joint force…
‘If you run, you will die’: fear stalks Nigerian state as jihadists gain foothold
Niger state has been wracked by banditry for years. Now jihadists have moved in to communities just a few hundred miles from the capital, Abuja“They ordered everyone to come around, saying if you run, if you cry, you will die,” said Bala Pada, recallin…
Chibok schoolgirl freed in Nigeria seven years after Boko Haram kidnap, governor says
Girl and someone she says she married during captivity surrendered themselves to militaryOne abducted girl from the Nigerian town of Chibok has been freed and reunited with her parents seven years after Boko Haram militants kidnapped her and more than …