Boko Haram militants have killed 23 soldiers in an attack on a military post in the Lake Chad region, Chad’s armed forces say.

Communities in the Lake Chad Basin face rising violence amid economic hardship and weak governance.

Kabiru Umar, also known as Kabiru Sokoto, who was convicted over the 2011 Christmas Day bombing linked to Boko Haram, has earned a Biology degree while serving his prison sentence, his lawyers said in ...

Kabiru Umar Sokoto, the convicted Boko Haram bomber, has appealed the judgment of the federal high court in Abuja that ...

­­Kano, Nigeria — Boko Haram on Tuesday claimed it was behind the abduction of hundreds of students in northwestern Nigeria, in what appears to be a major expansion of the jihadist group's activities ...

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Friday invaded a Primary and Junior Secondary School in Mussa village, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Israel Peter was 6 years old when Boko Haram Islamic extremists attacked his village in northeastern Nigeria and his family fled. Eight years later, he still hasn’t returned to ...

This is a guest post by Allen Grane, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. Allen is an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves. From 2014 through the February/March ...