by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 18, 2017 | World
At least 12 were killed and injured 26 by suspected suicide bombers on Monday in northeast Nigeria’s state of Borno, epicenter of the ultra-hardliners militant Boko Haram insurgency, the chairman of the local emergency agency said. “Three suicide bomber infiltrated a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 5, 2017 | World
The Boko Haram extremist group has killed over 300 civilians in Nigeria and Cameroon since April, revealed Amnesty International on Tuesday. The rights group said that 381 people were killed in what it described as a resurgence of the extremist organization. The spike...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 31, 2017 | World
Britain will give Nigeria aid worth £200 million over five years to help it cope with its eight-year insurgency being waged by Boko Haram militants, the foreign ministry in London said Wednesday. “In Maiduguri I met casualties of Boko Haram violence, including...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 16, 2017 | World
Three women suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance to a camp for displaced people in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding 82, in an attack bearing the hallmark of Boko Haram militants, local sources said. The attack — the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 11, 2017 | World
Nigeria’s military raided a United Nations compound on Friday in the northeastern city at the epicenter of a conflict with ultra-hardline Boko Haram, a UN official said. The objective of the search could not be determined but it could damage an already tense...
