Nigeria: Release of high school students kidnapped in Kankara
High school students captured last weekend at their boarding school in Kankara, north-western Nigeria, were released on the evening of Thursday 17 December. This mass […]
Boko Haram
Nigeria: Boko Haram claims abduction of 330 high school students in Kankara
During the night of Friday to Saturday, several hundred high school students were kidnapped from their boarding school in Kankara by a hundred armed men […]
Niger: More than twenty people killed in a terrorist attack in the region of Diffa
At least 27 people were killed during the night of Saturday to Sunday in the locality of Toumour, in the region of Diffa, in south-eastern […]
Chad: Four dead and sixteen soldiers seriously injured in a motorized pirogue attack over lake Chad
An explosion killed and wounded several army personnel during the night of Tuesday to Wednesday while soldiers were sailing on Lake Chad. An explosion that […]
Nigeria: Buhari convened National Security Council as criticism continues against army
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari convened his National Security Council on Tuesday 4 August in Abuja. The top military officers, police officials and heads of the […]
Chad bans death penalty for terrorists
The National Assembly adopted a new law on terrorism on 28 April. The main innovation: the new text abolishes the death penalty which was reintroduced […]
Forty-four Boko Haram prisoners found dead in Chad
The Chadian army earlier this month captured fifty-eight Boko Haram jihadists in Lac province. Forty-four of them have reportedly committed suicide in their cells on […]
Chad: President Idriss Deby joins new operation against Boko Haram
Chad’s President, Idriss Deby Itno has joined the country’s soldiers in the frontline of the fight against Boko Haram terrorists in the country. The Central […]
Crisis in Nigeria ‘far from over’; more efforts needed to help the most vulnerable
Ten years after the start of a violent insurgency in north-east Nigeria plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis that is “still far from over”, […]
Nigeria: Suspected Boko Haram attack on a funeral leaves 65 dead
In Nigeria, at least 65 people died in attacks by suspected Islamists in northeastern Borno region, state television reported on Sunday. According to local government […]