After Chadian president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Monday sent security forces in pursuit of the Boko Haram jihadists behind ...

Around 40 members of the Chadian army were killed in an overnight attack by jihadist group Boko Haram near the Nigerian ...

Chad's army says Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead ...

Chad's army says an attack by Boko Haram rebels has left 17 soldiers and 96 insurgents dead.

The Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, said a notorious Boko Haram terrorist, Bochu Abacha, has surrendered to troops ...

Suspected members of Boko Haram sect yesterday launched separate attacks on voters in Gombe and Yobe states, killing 10 people including an All Progressives Congress (APC) member seeking re ...

The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has been active in north-eastern Nigeria for well over a decade. President Buhari says its activities have been largely brought under control since he ...

KOULKIMÉ, Chad — Alhadji Yaro was a teenager when Boko Haram militants stormed onto his island in the vast, blue-green waters of Lake Chad and made villagers an offer at gunpoint.

She joined CBS News in 2013 and has reported on major international stories across the continent including the Ebola outbreak, the kidnapping of schoolgirls by Boko Haram and the famine in South ...

Boko Haram has rampaged across northern Nigeria in recent years and many people do not feel it is safe to return to their homes. Surrounded by Al-Qaeda, ISIS and Boko Haram militants, the country ...

Halima remembers that day all too clearly. It was 3pm and the air in her village in northern Nigeria was heavy with moisture. She was giving water to her two brothers who had just arrived from Lagos.