Dozens killed as Boko Haram continues reign of terror

Militant Islamic group blamed for multiple bombings in central Nigerian city that has become a hotbed of religious violence

• Jul 6, 2015

Suicide bomber kills 5 in Nigerian church service blast

Witnesses said a woman bomber detonated the explosives in the latest of a string of attacks blamed on Boko Haram extremists

• Jul 5, 2015

2 female suicide bombers kill 13 in Nigeria

ISIS-affiliated Boko Haram group kills 162 in a week following a call to step up violence during Ramadan

• Jul 3, 2015

Boko Haram slaughters dozens during Ramadan prayers in Nigeria

The extremist group attacked several mosques in northeastern Nigerian town one day after similar assault on another village

• Jul 2, 2015

Man linked to Boko Haram abduction of schoolgirls arrested

Officials say Nigerian businessman headed a "terrorists' intelligence cell" for the Islamic extremists while infiltrating a self-defense group

• Jun 30, 2015

Report: Suicide blast targets Nigeria leprosy clinic

Witnesses say attacker tried to get into hospital itself, but was stopped by vigilantes at the gate; ISIS-affiliated Boko Haram eyed as culprit

• Jun 29, 2015

Girl suicide bombers​ kill dozens in Nigeria

Attacks occur in Maiduguri, birthplace of the Boko Haram Islamic extremist group

• Jun 22, 2015

Boko Haram kills dozens in cross-border attack

Witnesses say Nigerian extremists "looted stores, burned villages and shot at people who tried to flee"

• Jun 19, 2015

Bag of bombs kill 63 villagers in Nigeria

Witness says local militia found sack of metal objects, brought them to village center without realizing deadly nature of contents

• Jun 17, 2015

New Nigeria leader vows to beat "godless" Boko Haram

Muhammadu Buhari's swearing-in brings hope after decades of crippling corruption and thousands of lives lost to a vicious insurgency

• May 29, 2015

Free from Boko Haram, Nigeria girls face harassment

The taunts are so bad - "Boko Haram wives" - some girls once kidnapped by Islamic extremists have fled their town and families

• May 10, 2015

Boko Haram stoned to death girls on verge of rescue

Survivors of Nigerian Islamic extremists tell harrowing tales of their year in captivity; military claims 700 rescued so far

• May 3, 2015

Nigerian military frees more girls from captivity

The country's armed forces announced 234 more kidnapped girls have been rescued from a forest camp used by the Boko Haram

• May 1, 2015

Nigeria says more women rescued in violent clashes

Military says some kidnapped women so indoctrinated by Boko Haram militants they fire on their rescuers

• Apr 30, 2015

Nigeria evacuates "traumatized" girls rescued from militants

Official says it's too soon to "extract information" from 200 girls, 93 women saved from Islamic extremists

• Apr 29, 2015

Nigerian army says it rescued nearly 300 from Boko Haram hideout

Officials were screening the girls and women to find who they are and where they came from

• Apr 28, 2015

Remains found of hundreds believed killed by Boko Haram

Nigerian government officials say hundreds of bodies were discovered in a town that was recaptured from the militant group

• Apr 28, 2015

1 year on, Nigeria admits kidnapped girls may be lost

President-elect says his government will do all it can but admits "we do not know" if 219 girls from Chibok will ever be found

• Apr 14, 2015

Boko Haram, ousted from towns and camps, still killing

Each day brings new reports of Nigeria extremists' atrocities, with mass graves being discovered in towns seized back from militants

• Apr 10, 2015

U.N.: Islamic extremists killing captive women in Nigeria

Retreat of Boko Haram fighters from military forces brings to light "gruesome scenes of mass graves," human rights chief says

• Apr 1, 2015

Is Nigeria's democracy "maturing"?

Early election results suggest a significant first could be in the ballots, and a former military dictator could be the next president

• Mar 31, 2015

Boko Haram attempts to sow chaos amid Nigeria elections

Militant group attacks poll stations in country's northeast as count begins for presidential election too close to call

• Mar 29, 2015

Nigeria claims timely victory against Boko Haram

Announcement a day before elections couldn't have come at a better time for embattled President Goodluck Jonathan

• Mar 27, 2015

1,000 killed by Boko Haram in 3 months, group says

Human Rights Watch says retreating Islamic militants slaughtering civilians, as official reveals another horrific tactic

• Mar 26, 2015

Boko Haram kidnappings becoming more extreme, official says

Hundreds were taken captive by the militants while trying to escape the violence in the northeastern areas of Nigeria

• Mar 25, 2015

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