Regional News
Eight-month pregnant woman among 15 hostages who escaped extremist captors
Six women and their nine children who were abducted by extremists in Borno State managed to escape after months in captivity and join their loved ones this week after a […]
Motorbike ban reinstated because of escalating attacks in Niger’s Tillabéri region
Escalating and persistent insecurity in certain departments and municipalities of the Tillabéri region in western Niger have led authorities to reinstate the ban on riding motorcycles day and night. The […]
New facilities at the border of Cameroon and Nigeria offer citizens a new zest for life
Urgently needed infrastructure on the border between Banki in Nigeria’s Borno State and the town of Amchidé in Cameroon’s Far North province were officially opened on Thursday, October 7, and […]
The Sahel Song is a song of hope in a region in acute crisis
The Sahel is marked by the stunning, quiet beauty of its landscape and its rich and varied cultures – but in reality, this region faces one of the world’s fastest-growing […]
MNJTF commander-in-chief wants more resources to defeat jihadists
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) is struggling to “ensure the effectiveness of its actions”, according to its commander-in-chief, Major General Abdul Khalifah IBRAHIM.. He was addressing the Third Lake […]
Scores die in vicious battle between Islamic State and Boko Haram extremists
Scores of people died on Monday in a vicious battle between fighters belonging to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) on […]
Witness says insurgents fired at plane before the bombing
A witness to the airstrike on Kwatar Daban Masara has told RNI that insurgents attacked the Nigerian military fighter plane first and only then did it start bombing the village. […]
More Boko Haram militants surrender to vigilante group
Seventy-three more members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), commonly referred to as Boko Haram, surrendered to a vigilante group in the headquarters of the Damboa Local Government […]
Bombing: At least 20 fishermen killed in a Nigerian army airstrike on village in Lake Chad
At least 20 fishermen were killed on Sunday morning when a Nigerian army fighter plane bombed Kwatar Daban Masara, a village bordering Lake Chad. Military sources told AFP on Monday […]
Boko Haram operatives move en masse to northwest Nigeria
More than 250 members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), more commonly referred to as Boko Haram, have left northeastern Nigeria to join criminal gangs in the northwest, […]
