The Nigerian army says it has rescued one of the missing Chibok schoolgirls abducted by militant Islamic group Boko Haram a decade ago.

The Air component of Operation Hadin Kai has executed a precision airstrike on the hideouts of ISWAP terrorists, killing over 30 of their fighters within Kolleram village along the shores of Lake Chad ...

BBC Africa Live: Updates from across the continent The largest mass abduction by Boko Haram occurred when more than 270 schoolgirls were seized from their dormitory in Chibok town, also in north ...

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands (left and top right) was on top form today as she greeted the President of Nigeria in The Hague. The royal, 52, looked elegant as she channeled spring in a ...

More than 180 have either since escaped or been freed, including Lisu, who gave birth to two children while she was a hostage of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, living in a hideout in the ...

In Nigeria, Boko Haram and other non-state armed groups as well as clashes between herders and farmers have pushed some 3.0 million Nigerians (as of November 2021) out of their homes, especially in ...

Ten years ago, 276 schoolgirls were abducted from their school dormitory in Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria. The kidnappings still resonate today. During the night of April 14, 2014, dozens of ...

Another survivor, Hannatu Stephen, 26, who was freed in 2017, lost a leg during an air raid by the Nigerian military on a Boko Haram hideout. Six of her friends were killed in the bombing ...