Boko Haram is still terrorizing the country of Nigeria, as they have committed another mass attack in a newly released video. According to the Associate Press, the religious extremists group took over a dorm recently, and had students lay face down on the floor as they shot as many as they could dead. In the video, […]
Nigeria has sentenced 54 soldiers to death for refusing to fight the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram, but a human rights lawyer is arguing the men were justified in not going on what would have been an ill-advised suicidal mission with little weapons. The soldiers, all between the ages of 21 and 25, joined the army […]
Boko Haram, the Islamist group responsible for the kidnapping of over 200 girls in Nigeria, have seized over 3 towns in northeast Nigeria, including Chibok, the town where the kidnapping occurred. A priest whose daughter and niece were a part of the kidnapping told CNN: Boko Haram has taken over Chibok and we have all fled. They are […]
Dozens were injured, at least 47 fatally, when a suicide bomber disguised as a student set off an explosion outside a school in northern Nigeria Monday. The school bombing occurred around 7:50 a.m. outside of the principal’s office. Students had just gathered for a daily speech when the explosion went off. Police suspect that Boko Haram, […]
Hopes of progress were ruined over the weekend, when Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau announced the 219 Nigerian schoolgirls remaining in their captivity have been married off against their will. Shekau released the video on Friday night, debunking news reports that the terrorist group reached a truce with Nigerian officials. In the chilling tape, Shekau boasts about […]
If you’re a coffee addict, then you will be forever grateful to Starbucks. During a recent conference call, the coffee shop company revealed that it will start delivering coffee in select areas in 2015. The CEO said of the new feature,”Imagine the ability to create a standing order of Starbucks delivered hot to your desk […]
Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group responsible for kidnapping more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls in April, has now abducted 30 boys and girls from a village in northeast Nigeria. The group, who reportedly struck a ceasefire with Nigerian officials, were expected to release the schoolgirls in October. They have not yet delivered on that promise and a […]
About 25 more girls were kidnapped by Islamic militant group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria. This comes a week after Nigerian officials made an agreement with the militant group to release over 200 previously kidnapped schoolgirls. Nigeria officials met for a month with Boko Haram before coming to an agreement. The school girls were first abducted […]
The Nigerian girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants six months ago may be released, according to the country’s military. Friday saw the African nation and the Islamist militants reach a cease-fire agreement that included the release of the more than 200 young girls that were kidnapped when they attacked a school in the north-eastern town of Chibok […]
A vigilante group in Nigeria told reporters Thursday that Boko Haram kidnapped around 100 boys and men from a remote town in northeastern Nigeria on August 10th. Boko Haram attacked the town of Doron Baga in Nigeria’s Borno state on Sunday, killing 10 people and kidnapping dozens more. Hassan Ibrahim, a member of the local Nigerian vigilante […]
Boko Haram, the terrorist group responsible for the kidnapping of nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls, has reportedly taken over the northeastern Nigerian town of Gwoza, killing dozens and dislodging the military and local government in the process. Townspeople have fled their homes to escape the violence. Residents say more than 100 people have been killed by the members […]
On Sunday, Boko Haram militants kidnapped the wife of Cameroon’s vice prime minister and killed three people in an attack in Kolofata, a town in Cameroon’s Far North Region near Nigeria. The cross-border attack involved more than 200 assailants, according to Reuters. “I can confirm that the home of Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali in Kolofata […]
