The Irish Times

Forgotten conflict: A week in a city under siege by Boko Haram

The trenches dug all around the Nigerian city of Maiduguri protect it from attack – for now

Sat Jan 29 2022 - 06:00

Boko Haram: The city compound for surrendered fighters

Nigerians close to camp fearful as terrorist extremists defect and claim changed ways

Sun Sept 26 2021 - 17:17

Boko Haram leader killed on direct orders of Isis, says rival group

Abubakar Shekau was one of world’s most infamous leaders of an Islamist terror group

Mon Jun 07 2021 - 17:58

US jokes about $7m reward as Boko Haram leader ‘killed’ by Isis-linked group

Abubakar Shekau believed to have detonated explosives to escape capture by Iswap fighters

Fri May 21 2021 - 20:37

Over 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolboys are released

Authorities say the boys had been abducted by bandits affiliated with Boko Haram

Fri Dec 18 2020 - 16:59

Nigeria’s Boko Haram claims abduction of 300 schoolboys

Audio message claiming to be from group’s leader says kidnapping was to ‘discourage un-Islamic practice of Western education’

Tue Dec 15 2020 - 10:44

Two girls carry out deadly bombing outside northeast Nigerian mosque

Boko Haram group is known to use children, particularly kidnapped girls, as bombers

Mon Jan 27 2020 - 20:07

Suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria kills at least 50

Attack bears hallmarks of Boko Haram faction that targets civilians

Tue Nov 21 2017 - 15:46

Boko Haram conflict leaves humanitarian crisis in its wake

Islamist group’s insurgency has left millions displaced in northern Nigeria

Thu Sept 14 2017 - 01:00

‘My father was shot by his friend’: the children of Boko Haram

Islamist terror group has abducted 10,000 children with some handed over by parents

Fri Aug 25 2017 - 20:27

A week of bombings in the birthplace of Boko Haram

Conflict sponsored by Islamist group changes from military assaults to guerrilla tactics

Fri Jun 30 2017 - 01:00

Boko Haram leader says reports of his death greatly exaggerated

Man claiming to be Abubakar Shekau posts video in which he taunts Nigerian military

Sun Sept 25 2016 - 19:40

Boko Haram commanders killed in air strike, says Nigeria

Islamist group’s leader Abubakar Shekau reported wounded as John Kerry arrives

Tue Aug 23 2016 - 18:50

Boko Haram suspected of Chad bombings

At least 27 dead after two attacks in N’Djamena blamed on Nigerian group

Mon Jun 15 2015 - 15:59

Boko Haram pledges formal allegiance to Islamic State

Announcement from Nigeria’s Islamic extremist group comes after four bomb attacks

Sun Mar 08 2015 - 09:36

At least 30 dead after Nigerian border village bombed

Unidentified air strike follows reports Nigerian army has killed 300 Boko Haram insurgents

Wed Feb 18 2015 - 16:02

Suicide bomber attacks busy Nigerian bus station

Police say 10 dead and 30 wounded following strike in northeastern city of Damaturu

Sun Feb 15 2015 - 16:58

Who can stop Boko Haram?

Nigeria is Africa’s biggest oil producer and has one of its biggest economies. But most of its 175 million people have to live on less than $1 a day, and crime and corruption are rife. Some say that’s why the militant Islamist group will always find new recruits

Sat Jan 31 2015 - 01:00