Boko haram
US pressure is forcing action on anti-Christian violence, Nigerian Christian leader tells 'Post'
RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: A Nigerian Christian leader told 'The Jerusalem Post’ that the Trump administration is forcing authorities to intervene in Islamist killings.
Al Qaeda, Islamic State ramp up violence in West Africa’s tri-border region, report shows
Nigerian troops repelled simultaneous assaults by Islamist terrorists on military bases in Borno
Eight Nigerian soldiers killed, up to 50 wounded, in Boko Haram attack
Hamas and Boko Haram: Why do students support the worst humans on Earth? - opinion
That expensively educated university students – among them Jews – are aligning themselves with the bigoted, murderous, antisemitic Boko Haram-like Hamas is ludicrous and evil.
Islamic State West African Province says Boko Haram leader is dead
Two people familiar with Boko Haram chief al-Barnawi told Reuters the voice on the recording was that of the ISWAP leader.
Boko Haram leader reportedly Abubakar Shekau killed, Nigeria investigates
Abubakar Shekau has been the figurehead of an Islamist insurgency that has since 2009 killed more than 30,000 people and forced around 2 million people to flee their homes.
ISIS in Mozambique 'beheading' children, reports say
"One mother told the agency she had had to watch as her 12-year-old son was killed in this way close to where she was hiding with her other children."
Central African Republic conflict grows – and matters to region
In the last weeks a series of incidents have raised concerns in a country beset by violence for the last decade.
Niger votes in hopes of first democratic transition
More than 40% of Niger's population lives in extreme poverty, and the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed growth to a crawl.
Mass terror killings in Nigeria put US Somalia withdrawal in spotlight
The US decisions in Africa could send a message to groups destroying northern Nigeria, like Boko Haram, that the US is not committed in the long term.
Christians targeted in Nigeria: why the world should care - opinion
Excerpted and adapted from The Next Jihad: Stop the Christian Genocide in Africa.
Islamic State group in Nigeria kills 20 soldiers, displaces 1,000 people
The militants entered Monguno in Borno state posing as a convoy of soldiers on Tuesday evening, the sources said. They then attacked troops inside the town, destroying at least 750 homes.
Islamists kill nine soldiers in northeast Nigeria
A decade-long insurgency in the northeast, started by Islamist group Boko Haram in 2009, has claimed more than 30,000 lives.
