Nigeria's Boko Haram, suspected of another mass kidnapping of school girls, started out as an Islamic anti-corruption group but mutated into an IS affiliate waging a lethal insurgency. - ...

“His name is Abubakar Shekau. He is the leader of Boko Haram. And he has your girls.” So begins a chilling profile in the Washington Post on the leader of Boko Haram, the Islamist gang that abducted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian army said Thursday that its troops have arrested a high-profile member of the Boko Haram ...

Two more high-profile Boko Haram commanders, two senior commanders identified as ‘Munzirs’ within the terrorist leadership structure, have surrendered to troops of Sector 2, North East Joint Task ...

The Nigerian army said Thursday that its troops had arrested a high-profile member of the Boko Haram extremist group in northern Borno State, where the rebels' 12-year insurgency is concentrated. Army ...

A family is pictured sitting near a damaged home after an attack by suspected members of the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency in Bulabulin, Nigeria, Nov. 1, 2018. (Credit: Kolawole Adewale/Reuters via ...