25 December 2014 Last updated at 17:14 GMT In April the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria made headlines around the world, sparking an international campaign to bring them...

Protests against French magazine Charlie Hebdo have turned violent in Niger#039;s second largest city of Zinder, after the latest publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. A church and the Fren...

Ghana#039;s President John Mahama has said he and other African leaders will discuss plans next week to quot;deal permanentlyquot; with Boko Haram militants. He said he wanted African Union (AU) countr...

WASHINGTON ? Nigeria?s Boko Haram attacked border towns inside neighboring Niger for the first time, as U.S. intelligence officials said the Islamist militants may be overreaching by taking their fight...

E altri 20 uccisi in raid elicotteri Apache nel nord

Troops in Niger fought off an attack by Boko Haram, officials said Friday, the Islamists' first raid inside Niger's border. The move underscored fears that Boko Haram's insurgency is spreading from its...

Ndjamena (Tchad) - Le Tchad a proposé mercredi un soutien actif à Yaoundé pour lutter contre le groupe islamiste nigérian Boko Haram, exhortant la communauté internationale à agir, aprè...

Le groupe islamiste a mené de nouveaux raids meurtriers au Cameroun, frontalier comme le Tchad de la partie nord-est du Nigeria, que Boko Haram contrôle en partie.

Scores reportedly killed in Shani town in Borno state by attackers who came riding on motorcycles.

Sudanese security agents have raided the headquarters of a human rights monitor and seized computers, a member of the group says....