The Nigerian government paid Boko Haram militants a "huge" ransom of millions of dollars to free up to 230 children and staff the jihadists abducted from a Catholic school in November, intelligence sources told AFP....
19 (Xinhua) -- At least five Boko Haram militants were killed after launching a coordinated overnight assault on a military outpost in Cameroon's Far North region, military sources said on Thursday.
The United States has imposed sanctions on eight Nigerians over alleged ties to terrorist organisations, including Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as well as cybercrime-related offences ....
14 (Xinhua) -- Militants from Boko... Boko Haram has been active in the region since 2014 and is notorious for targeting civilians, often kidnapping victims for ransom.
The deployment follows months of escalating pressure from President Trump on the African nation, including a surprise missile strike on Christmas Day... .
The troops will help train Nigerians to fight militants, but will not be involved in combat. U.S. forces have been assisting local soldiers with identifying potential terrorist targets ... .
This deployment marks the first official acknowledgment of US troops on the ground in Nigeria since Washington carried out airstrikes against Islamic State-linked militants, including Boko Haram elements, in the country’s northwest on Christmas Day.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian army said Sunday it killed a top commander of Boko Haram and 10 members of the Islamic extremist group in a night raid in the northeastern part of the country ... .
ABUJA — The Nigerian forces killed a Boko Haram commander and 10 other members of the terrorist group during an operation in the country’s northeast, the army said in a statement on Sunday.The troops ...