Maryam Ali Maiyanga stepped onto the balcony of her university dorm, phone to her cheek, listening for the voice of a sister who had been missing for almost 10 years. The 26-year-old college ...

On April 14, 2014—10 years ago on Sunday—the militant group Boko Haram stormed in and kidnapped ... Most of its 228 million people are too young to remember when the fighting began.

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — The Nigerian army says it has rescued one of the missing Chibok schoolgirls abducted by militant Islamic group Boko Haram a decade ago. Lydia Simon was rescued along with ...

Chibok and Ngoshe are in Borno state, birthplace of the 15-year old insurgency that has since spread to neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger, uprooting about 2 million people across the region.

“Job creation should reduce unemployment with the possibility of stopping the massive recruitment of young people by Boko Haram,” a former local elected official told AFP. The work at Lada ...

The girls' plight – and such a blatant attack on female education – was condemned around the world Credit: AFP/Getty Images It is when people speak ... “Son of Boko Haram”, or when she ...

Boko Haram, whose purpose is to institute Sharia, or Islamic law, has waged a 15-year insurgency battle in northern Nigeria and kidnapped thousands of people. But the abduction of the Chibok girls ...