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

An attack by jihadist group Boko Haram on the Chadian army killed around 40 people overnight near the Nigerian border, the government and local sources said Monday. "A garrison housing more than ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

They helped tackle Boko Haram but could vigilantes turn into ... For now, the only sound is bird-song. But Mr Musa, 24, and three other vigilantes on duty are tense - they know danger is just ...

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.