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This file photo taken shows a member of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe walking through an abandoned site of an illegal oil refinery in the Niger Delta region near the city of Warri. Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Images
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Nigerian special forces prepare to fight Boko Haram in Diffa on March 26, 2015. Reuters
Oil Survey Team Kidnapped by Boko Haram in Northeast Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped 10 members of a geological research team from the University of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, the state oil company said on Wednesday. Nigerian National Petroleum Company spokesman Ndu Ughamadu said the contractors were...Caption:
Chadian soldiers push a military pickup truck to get it out of the sand near the front line in the war against insurgent group Boko Haram in Gambaru, Nigeria, February 26, 2015.REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun
Boko Haram Suspects Arrested as Suicide Bombers Hit Nigeria Camps
Police in the northern Nigerian city of Kano said they arrested five suspected Boko Haram militants following a gunfight Sunday as eight people were killed after female suicide bombers attacked two displaced persons camps in northeastern Nigeria’s main city of...Caption:
People who fled their homes due to violence from the extremists group Boko Haram are seen inside a refugee camp in Minawao, Cameroon, Feb. 25, 2015. AP photo
14 Dead in Twin Cameroon Suicide Bombings
Two bombers blew themselves up in a northeastern Cameroon town, killing 14 people and injuring over 40 in an attack likely staged by Boko Haram militants, security sources said Thursday. The bombings, which took place on Wednesday evening in Waza, five miles from the...Caption:
People unload their belongings during an evacuation of Nigerian returnees from Niger, at a camp for displaced people in Geidam, Yobe state, Nigeria, May 6, 2015. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde