Ibrahim Bakoura was killed in an Aug. 15 strike in the Lake Chad region that killed “dozens of terrorists” and Boko Haram ...

Niger's army has claimed to have killed Boko Haram leader Ibrahim Mahamadu, alias "Bakura", without providing evidence, ...

A close aide to the head of jihadist group Boko Haram on Friday denied Nigerien army claims that he he had been killed in a ...

Nigeria's military says it has used precision airstrikes to kill at least 35 Islamic militants in the country's northeast.

The Niger army claims a targeted airstrike killed Ibrahim Bakoura, a senior Boko Haram leader. The group, which emerged from ...

Niger's army said its soldiers killed a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, but experts cast ...

Nigerian air forces have struck hard at armed groups in the northeast, inflicting heavy losses and trying to stabilize the ...

A young son of Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf, has been arrested in Chad, where he was allegedly leading a jihadist cell.

A counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, has released photos confirming the arrest of the 18-year-old son of the late ...

The US has approved a potential $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to enhance its security and combat threats like Boko ...

This is the last handout of food to the many thousands sheltering from Boko Haram in Gwoza [Kyla Herrmannsen / BBC] Drastic cuts to humanitarian aid in north-eastern Nigeria could prove a boon to ...

Drastic cuts to humanitarian aid in north-eastern Nigeria could prove a boon to one of the world's most deadly militant groups, Boko Haram, aid agencies have warned. A reduction of funding in ...