(BBC) – Nigeria’s army has sacked at least 200 soldiers for cowardice and failure to fight against Boko Haram militants, several soldiers have told the BBC....
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is blaming his own party for the rise of the Islamic State group. The...
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is blaming his own party for the rise of the Islamic State group. The...
(BBC) – The UN children’s agency says there has been an “alarming” increase in the number of suicide attacks in northern Nigeria, with many of them...
(BBC) – The UN children’s agency says there has been an “alarming” increase in the number of suicide attacks in northern Nigeria, with many of them...
(Reuters) – Iraq’s Shi’ite paramilitaries said on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic State from the western province of Anbar,...
(US News) – Invading Iraq was a mistake. That’s the consensus now even among Republicans, whose presidential candidates in recent days have largely fallen in...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press IBRAHIM ABDULAZIZ, Associated Press YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — The accusations against a woman who was rescued from Boko Haram abductors came from...
By Doshon Farad Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Daily World In a country that prides itself on being the apex of liberty and...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (BBC) — Streets are deserted with markets, schools and hospitals shut in the densely populated city, reports say. The army said the lockdown...
(Reuters) – The FBI warned police in Garland, Texas, about three hours before a shooting at a weekend exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad...
CARA ANNA, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo is planning to go ahead and take action against a rebel group...
CARA ANNA, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo is planning to go ahead and take action against a rebel group...
(BBC) – Two militants have attacked a business college in Potiskum in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Yobe. At least six students were seriously injured by...
(BBC) – Two militants have attacked a business college in Potiskum in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Yobe. At least six students were seriously injured by...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press GAIDAM, Nigeria (AP) — Niger troops have deported more than 3,000 Nigerian fishermen and refugees escaping Boko Haram, forcing them to undertake...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — A year ago, a dozen Nigerian troops fighting about 200 Boko Haram militants in the town of Chibok...
LAGOS (The Daily Beast) — “I was asked to kill my parents on the day I was captured,” said 16-year-old Babagana, a former Boko Haram...
(BBC) – Kenya’s interior minister has said security officers ignored intelligence reports prior to the attack on Garissa University College earlier this month. Joseph Nkaisserry, who...
(BBC) – Nigeria’s military says it has freed another sizeable group of people during its offensive against Boko Haram militants in the vast Sambisa forest. One...
(BBC) – The Nigerian military says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from an area where the Islamist militant group Boko Haram is active....
(BBC) – The Nigerian military says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from an area where the Islamist militant group Boko Haram is active....
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) — The unusual announcement by President Barack Obama last week that a U.S. strike on an al Qaida compound in Pakistan inadvertently had killed two...
(Independent) – Islamic extremists suspected over a bomb attack in a Pakistani market that killed more than 100 people had also planned an attack against...
(Independent) – Islamic extremists suspected over a bomb attack in a Pakistani market that killed more than 100 people had also planned an attack against...