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Nigerian Air Force Mistakenly Bombs Refugee Camp, Killing 100+
In a mission that was intended to target the Boko Haram, an Islamic Terrorist group, a Nigerian fighter jet mistakenly dropped a bomb on a refugee camp killing dozens of refugees and volunteers.
From USA Today:
A Nigerian Air Force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed a refugee camp Tuesday, killing more than 100 refugees and wounding aid workers, a Borno state...
32 dead, 80 injured in Nigeria market blast, Boko Haram claims responsibility
At least 32 people were killed and 80 wounded after an explosive device went off at a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola, humanitarian agencies say.
“Thirty-two people were killed and 80 have been injured,” Reuters quoted a Red Cross official as saying., Another official from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Sa’ad Bello, later confirmed the same numbers...
Boko Haram surpasses ISIS as deadly terrorist group
Fatalities from terrorism are at a record high now with just two groups, Boko Haram and Islamic State responsible for half of them, a new report showed. The Nigerian militants kill more people than their Iraqi-Syrian allies.
Two terrorist groups were responsible for over a half of the killings in 2014 – Nigeria-based Boko Haram and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), which aims to expand its influence...
The Persecution Of Christians Is Intensifying As Anti-Christian Hatred Sweeps The Entire World
There is very little that the entire world seems to agree upon, but there is one very frightening trend that is now taking hold literally all over the globe.
There is very little that the entire world seems to agree upon, but there is one very frightening trend that is now taking hold literally all over the globe. A passionate hatred of Christianity is sweeping across the planet, and very few global...
Global terrorism deaths nearly doubled in 2014 - US State Department
Terror acts rose by more than a third from 2013 to 2014, while deaths nearly doubled, says a new US State Department report. Boko Haram and the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) were largely responsible for an increase in terrorist attacks.
The State Department’s annual, congressionally-mandated global terrorism report found nearly 33,000 people were killed in about 13,500 terror attacks across...
12 injured in Boko Haram attack on Nigeria school
Witnesses and security officials say at least 12 people have been critically injured when a gunman opened fire outside a school in Nigeria’s violence-plagued northeastern state of Yobe.
Multiple students at the College of Administrative and Business Studies (CABS) in the city of Potiskum, situated about 575 kilometers (350 miles) northeast of the capital, Abuja, said the gunman arrived at around...
214 Nigerian girls rescued from Boko Haram pregnant
A screengrab taken on May 12, 2014 from a video released by the Nigerian Takfiri terrorist group Boko Haram, showing girls abducted from the northeastern town of Chibok.
The United Nations (UN) says at least 214 young women and girls recently rescued from the the camps of the Jihadist Boko Haram militants in northeastern Nigeria are pregnant.
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA)’s executive director, Babatunde...
Nigerian Army Rescues Hundreds of Women and Girls from Boko Haram Captivity
The Nigerian army on Tuesday rescued 200 girls and 93 women who had been kidnapped and taken hostage by the terrorist group Boko Haram.
The women were rescued during the Nigerian army’s offensive to take back the Sambisa Forest from Boko Haram, the army announced on Twitter.
“Troops this afternoon rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa Forest. We cannot confirm if the Chibok girls...
Mystery Disease claims 18 lives in southeast Nigeria
At least 18 people have been killed in a southeastern Nigerian town due to a “mysterious” disease which kills in less than 24 hours, government says.
“Twenty-three people (were affected) and 18 deaths were recorded,” AFP quoted the Ondo state health commissioner, Dayo Adeyanju, as saying on Saturday.
Earlier in the day a government spokesman, Kayode Akinmade, had put the number...
71 Chadian soldiers killed fighting Boko Haram terrorists
Members of the Boko Haram terrorist group at an undisclosed location in Nigeria.
The Chadian army says 71 soldiers from the Central African country’s units of government forces have been killed and 416 others injured during the two-and-a-half months of fighting with Nigeria-based Boko Haram Takfiri militants.
Chad’s army chief, General Brahim Seid, told reporters in the capital, N’Djamena,...
Satellite images reveal 'horrific' scale of Boko Haram attack in Nigeria
Satellite image showing the extent of damage in Doron Baga taken on 7 Jan 2015, following an attack by Boko Haram.
The scale of last week’s attack on the Nigerian towns of Baga and Doron Baga by Boko Haram militants has been shown graphically in before-and-after satellite images revealed by Amnesty International on Thursday.
Satellite images, taken on January 2 and January 7, respectively,...
Boko Haram's captured area about size of Slovakia
The leader of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau (C) delivering a speech.
Boko Haram has grown from a small terror group to a mini-country with its own territory, which can be compared to gains made by the Islamic State (IS). Boko Haram now controls an area the size of Costa Rica or Slovakia.
The militant group’s territory now totals about 52,000 square kilometers, according...
2000 killed in Boko Haram deadliest attack yet
Boko Haram fighters parading on a tank in an unidentified town.
Boko Haram, the extremist Islamic group that wants to enforce Sharia Law across Nigeria, has inflicted mass casualties in northeast Nigeria. Some reports put the number of fatalities as high as 2,000.
Amnesty International, communicating with experts on the ground in Nigeria, has said the assault on the town of Baga could be the deadliest...
Nigerians protest against police inaction on abducted girls
A protester calling for the release of abducted Nigerian girls.
Hundreds of Nigerians have rallied in the capital Abuja to mark the first Christmas since more than 200 girls were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists.
Angry people gathered in Abuja on Saturday to protest against the unknown fate of the abducted girls. The protesters said Nigerian officials haven’t tried hard enough to free the girls...
Niger struggles with refugee influx from restive Nigeria
Displaced women receive food aid during a distribution at the Cathedral of Yola, state capital of Adamawa, on December 4, 2014.
Niger is facing a massive influx of refugees from neighboring Nigeria, where people are fleeing deadly attacks by Takfiri Boko Haram militants, Press TV reports.
According to the UN refugee agency, the displaced population is placing a heavy burden on Diffa, a remote and economically...