Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has repeatedly said that the Boko Haram jihadist group has been defeated but BBC analysis of its attacks shows little change. Research by BBC Monitoring shows ...

Currently ranked fourth in the 2014 Global Terrorism Index, Nigeria is suffering another wave of attacks in the northeast by the terrorist group Boko Haram. On Nov. 20, Boko Haram fighters killed 48 ...

That incident prompted President Mahamat Deby Itno to launch a renewed military operation aimed at expelling Boko Haram ...

Boko Haram began fighting the Nigerian government in 2009, demanding the implementation of Sharia law. This conflict has ...

This conflict is Africa's longest struggle with militancy and has led to deadly attacks. The insurgents mainly operate in the northeast, but the government says Boko Haram has cells in the largely ...

(AP Photo/Mouta Ali, File) N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead in the country ...