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The Nigerian army patrols an area in Chibok, Borno State

Chad and Niger launch offensive against Boko Haram

Chad and Niger have launched a joint army operation against Boko Haram militants in Nigeria, military sources said.

Boko Haram says it will 'hear and obey (IS) in times of difficulty and prosperity'

Nigeria's Boko Haram pledges allegiance to IS

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, which rules a self-declared caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, according to a video posted online.

News • 07 Mar 15

A village is left devastated after a Boko Haram attack earlier this year

Boko Haram kills dozens in Nigeria attack

At least 45 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram militants in a remote village of Nigeria's northeast Borno state earlier this week.

News • 05 Mar 15

Niger, Chad, Nigeria and Cameroon are all involved in the regional fight against the militants

300 Boko Haram fighters killed in north Nigeria

Nigeria's military is claiming more than 300 Boko Haram fighters were killed when troops recaptured the garrison town of Monguno in northeast Borno state.

News • 18 Feb 15

Bordering countries around Nigeria, including Chad, assembled a 7,500-strong five-country force to take on Boko Haram

Boko Haram carries out first attack in Chad

Nigeria-based Boko Haram Islamists have carried out their first attack inside Chad, killing five people in a strike on a village on the shores of Lake Chad.

News • 13 Feb 15

Niger's president Issoufou Mahamadou speaking after the vote was passed

Niger votes to send troops to fight Boko Haram

Niger's parliament has voted unanimously to send troops to Nigeria to join a regional fight against Islamist extremist group Boko Haram.

News • 10 Feb 15

There were global street protests behind the banner 'Bring Back Our Girls'

300 days since Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai has called for global support to help release more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, as they marked 300 days as hostages.

News • 08 Feb 15

Security chiefs advised a delay as troops would be unavailable due to operations against Boko Haram

Nigeria postpones presidential election

Nigeria's electoral commission has announced a six-week postponement to the 14 February presidential election, citing fears over security and the Boko Haram insurgency.

News • 08 Feb 15

Boko Haram are trying to carve out an Islamic state in the northeast of Nigeria

Boko Haram attacks soldiers in Niger

109 Boko Haram militants are reported to have been killed following clashes with soldiers in Niger, who were reinforcing border positions to fend off the insurgency that is spreading from Nigeria into neighbouring states.

News • 06 Feb 15

Boko Haram attack repelled in major Nigerian city

Nigeria's military has repelled an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants on the Borno state capital Maiduguri in the northeast of the country, according to security sources.

News • 25 Jan 15

Boko Haram has destroyed dozens of villages and killed thousands of people in northern Nigeria

Boko Haram aims to create Islamic state

Boko Haram has said it is building an Islamic state that will revive the glory days of northern Nigeria's medieval Muslim empires.

Special Reports • 21 Jan 15

Crowds protested in Paris yesterday over Boko Haram's large-scale attack in Baga on 7 January

Some Boko Haram hostages released in army chase

Around 20 of 60 hostages seized by Boko Haram in Cameroon at the weekend were released by the Islamists as they were chased by the army, according to media reports.

News • 19 Jan 15

The red areas indicate healthy vegetation in the town of Doron Baga

Images show extent of 'Boko Haram destruction'

Satellite images of Nigerian towns attacked by Boko Haram have been released by Amnesty International.

News • 15 Jan 15

More than 13,000 people have died in Boko Haram attacks since 2009

Call for support after Boko Haram attacks

A Nigerian archbishop has called for the same international support to tackle Boko Haram as France has received since it was hit by Islamist attacks last week.

News • 12 Jan 15

Boko Haram has been engaged in a six-year Islamist insurgency in Nigeria

Children strapped with explosive in Nigeria attack

Two children, both girls have been were strapped with explosives which exploded in a Nigerian market.

News • 11 Jan 15

Boko Haram has declared a "caliphate" in the zones it controls in northeast Nigeria

100 killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

At least 100 people are reported to have been killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants in northern Nigeria.

News • 08 Jan 15

The scene of a bomb blast, thought to have been carried out by Boko Haram, in Jos, Nigeria last month

Boko Haram seizes military base in Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram militants have seized a military base outside the Nigerian town of Baga near Lake Chad after engaging troops in violent conflict that lasted several hours.

News • 05 Jan 15

Nigerian troops have been battling Boko Haram militants in Borno state

Boko Haram kidnaps at least 185 people in Nigeria

Boko Haram militants have killed 32 people and kidnapped 185 others in an attack in northern Nigeria.

News • 18 Dec 14

The attack reportedly bore the hallmarks of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram

More than 100 dead after Nigerian mosque bombings

The death toll from a suicide bomb and gun attack at the mosque of one of Nigeria's best known Islamic leaders has risen to 120 with 270 others wounded, a rescue official said.

News • 29 Nov 14

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to defeat the Islamist militants

Suicide attack in Nigeria kills at least 12

A female suicide bomber has blown herself up, killing at least a dozen people in a market in the Nigerian town of Azare.

News • 16 Nov 14

It is believed that Boko Haram carried out the attack

Six die in petrol station blast in Nigeria

Six people, including three police have been killed in a suspected Boko Haram suicide attack in Nigeria.

News • 14 Nov 14

Soldiers patrol Nigerian border where Boko Haram have carried out fatal attacks in recent weeks

UN calls for global support in Boko Haram fight

The UN's special representative for central Africa has called on increased international support in the struggle against Boko Haram, with thousands of Nigerians having fled and cross-border attacks on the rise.

News • 13 Nov 14

Abubakar Shekau said any suggestion that talks had taken place was a lie

Boko Haram denies ceasefire claims

The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has denied claims by the Nigerian government that it has agreed to a ceasefire.

News • 01 Nov 14

Boko Haram has been waging a bloody insurgency since 2009

30 adolescents abducted in northeast Nigeria

Around 30 adolescents, some of them girls aged as young as 11, have been abducted in northeast Nigeria over the weekend.

News • 28 Oct 14

The kidnapping comes as talks on freeing over 200 other female hostages seized in April continue

25 girls kidnapped by militants in Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped at least 25 girls in an attack on a remote town in north eastern Nigeria, despite talks on freeing over 200 other female hostages they seized last April.

News • 23 Oct 14