FACT SHEET: U.S. Efforts to Assist the Nigerian Government in its Fight...
(Source: President of the United States) The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 14, 2014 In April 2014, the world was horrified to learn that the Nigerian terrorist...
View ArticleNigerian Victims of Boko Haram Abductions Tell Their Stories
(London) – Women and girls abducted by the Islamist group Boko Haram are forced to marry, convert, and endure physical and psychological abuse, forced labor, and rape in captivity. The group has...
View ArticleBoko Haram attack kills hundreds in Nigeria
A Boko Haram attack has killed hundreds in Nigeria's northeast, multiple sources have said, as police offered $300,000 for information leading to the rescue of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by...
View ArticleNigerian extremist: Burn schools, kill teachers
LAGOS, Nigeria — Shaking a finger while cradling an assault rifle, the bearded leader of Nigeria's extremist Islamic sect threatens to burn down more schools and kill teachers. But he denies his...
View ArticleUS Involvement in Nigeria Is Critical, House Hearing Told
Mia Bush, Cindy Saine WASHINGTON — A15-year-old girl, the sole survivor of an attack on her family by Boko Haram, served as the emotional centerpiece of a House hearing on the terrorist group on...
View ArticleBoko Haram: The essence of terror
updated 8:34 AM EDT, Tue May 6, 2014 A video of Abubakar Shekau, who claims to be the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, is shown on September 25, 2013. Boko Haram is an...
View ArticleWorld focus turns to Boko Haram terrorist group
WASHINGTON -- The mass abduction of several hundred schoolgirls sparked outrage. But it was the rambling, hourlong Hausa-language video by the terrorist group's leader that triggered a global uproar....
View ArticleNigerian Boko Haram Leader Abubakar Shekau Threatens Group Will Burn More...
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Shaking a finger while cradling an assault rifle, the bearded leader of Nigeria's extremist Islamic sect threatens to burn down more schools and kill teachers. But he denies his...
View ArticleBOKO HARAM KEEPS UP ITS EVIL-DOING
On April 14, the militant group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 Nigerian schoolgirls from the hostel where they were staying in Chibok, Borno state, the most northeastern state in Nigeria. Borno has been...
View ArticleBoko Haram terror increases in Nigeria
In the two months since Boko Haram fighters kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls in northeastern Nigeria, the terror group has taken at least 1,000 lives in what may be the deadliest killing spree by a...
View ArticleBoko Haram terror in West Africa
More than two months have passed but the whereabouts of the kidnapped girls remain unknown, wrote Tuesday edition of the English-language newspaper Iran Daily. The kidnapping was claimed by Boko Haram,...
View ArticleNigerian extremist says kidnapped girls married
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- With a malevolent laugh, the leader of Nigeria's Islamic extremists tells the world that more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls have all been converted to Islam and married off,...
View ArticleKidnap group leader ‘violent and ruthless’
NIGERIA’S President says Boko Haram’s mass abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls will mark a turning point in the battle against the Islamists, as world powers joined the search to rescue the...
View ArticleAyotte Urges Stronger U.S. Response to Terrorist Group Responsible for...
(Source: Kelly Ayotte) All 20 women senators call for further sanctions on Boko Haram WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) today called on President Obama to pursue severe sanctions on...
View ArticleNigeria: Victims of Abductions Tell Their Stories (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) What Nigeria should do: Provide access to adequate medical and mental health services to all victims of abduction and other violence. Better anticipate and respond to...
View Article60 girls and women, 31 boys said to be abducted in Nigerian kidnapping
JOHANNESBURG - At least 91 people - more than 60 women and girls, and 31 school boys - were abducted last week by suspected Boko Haram militants, two months after the terror group kidnapped more than...
View ArticleNow, Boko Haram in Nigeria blows up bridge, abducts woman, 2 children
YOLA, Nigeria: Islamic extremists blew up a bridge, killed an unknown number of people and abducted the wife and two children of a retired police officer in northeast Nigeria, residents said on...
View ArticleBoko Haram Leader Dead? -As Asari Dokubo Leads Anti #BringBackOurGirls Protest
New video showing some schoolgirls allegedly been part of the supposed abducted Chibok school girls and a man claiming to be leader of Boko Haram, Shekau Abubakar has further heighten debate on the...
View ArticleSecretary-General's message to Follow-up Ministerial Conference on Security...
(Source: UN - United Nations) Latest Statements Abuja, Nigeria, 3 September 2014 - Secretary-General's message to Follow-up Ministerial Conference on Security in Nigeria [delivered by Mr. Said Djinnit,...
View ArticleNigeria 'raids Boko Haram cell linked to abductions'
Nigeria's military says it has raided a Boko Haram intelligence unit thought to be linked to the recent abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls. The cell leader Babuji Ya'ari was arrested, a military...
View ArticleMore voilence, abductions in Nigera amid international effort to rescue...
Published May 10, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Gplus0 Islamic extremists blew up a bridge, killed an unknown number of people and abducted the wife and two children of a retired police...
View ArticleSenators Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Condemning Abduction of School Girls...
(Source: Robert Menendez) Washington, DC- U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) , Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chris Coons (D-DE) today...
View ArticleSenators introduce bipartisan resolution condemning abduction of school girls...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 1, 2014 CONTACT: Ian Koski at 202-224-5042 As Many As 234 Female Students from Nigerian Boarding School Were Kidnapped by...
View ArticleSenators introduce bipartisan resolution condemning abduction of school girls...
(Source: Christopher A Coons) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 1, 2014 CONTACT: Ian Koski at 202-224-5042 As Many As 234 Female Students from Nigerian Boarding School Were Kidnapped by Terrorist...
View ArticleU.S. to help Nigeria search for girls kidnapped by Boko Haram
The Obama administration will send military, intelligence and law enforcement advisors to Nigeria to help the beleaguered government find and rescue more than 270 teenage girls who were abducted by the...
View ArticleInsurgents blow up 2nd bridge, abduct wife, 2 kids
YOLA, Nigeria — Islamic extremists blew up a bridge, killed an unknown number of people and abducted the wife and two children of a retired police officer in northeast Nigeria, residents said Saturday...
View ArticleBoko Haram calls ceasefire, talks claims 'lies'
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Boko Haram denied that they had agreed to a ceasefire in a new video obtained on Friday by AFP, describing the Nigerian government claims as a lie and apparently ruling out...
View ArticleCan Nigerian youth destroy Boko Haram's caliphate?
September 2014 marks five months since Boko Haram, a militant armed group in northern Nigeria, abducted over two hundred schoolgirls from Chibok, in Borno State. The Chibok girls, kidnapped on April...
View ArticleWill Nigeria's abducted schoolgirls ever be found?
Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls from a boarding school in the northern town of Chibok on 14 April. An estimated 200 heavily armed militants arrived at night in...
View ArticleUS Names 2 Nigerian-Based Groups Terrorist Organizations
The United States has named Nigerian-based militant groups Boko Haram and Ansaru as foreign terrorist organizations. In a statement Wednesday, U.S. counterterrorism official Lisa Monaco said the two...
View ArticleHow far does Boko Haram's reach extend?
Two months ago, almost no-one outside Nigeria and parts of West Africa had ever heard of Boko Haram. Today, for all the wrong reasons, the militant Islamist group has become an international household...
View ArticleObama administration: Nigeria's Boko Haram, Ansaru designated as terror groups
The Obama administration announced on Wednesday that the terrorist groups Boko Haram and Ansaru are now designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) and as Specially Designated Global...
View ArticleBoko Haram has kidnapped before -- successfully
May 12, 2014 -- Updated 2040 GMT (0440 HKT) (CNN) -- The new video released by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau makes a simple demand: He won't release the more than 200 schoolgirls his group abducted...
View ArticleKirk, Klobuchar to Obama: Immediate Action Needed to Help Find Kidnapped...
(Source: Mark Kirk) In a bipartisan letter to President Obama, Kirk and Klobuchar called on the Administration to immediately provide intelligence support to help locate and recover the kidnapped girls...
View ArticleKlobuchar, Kirk to Obama: Immediate Action Needed to Help Find Kidnapped...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) On April 14th, armed members of the terrorist group Boko Haram abducted 276 girls during a raid at an all-girls school in the northeast village of Chibok,...
View ArticleKlobuchar, Kirk to Obama: Immediate Action Needed to Help Find Kidnapped...
(Source: Amy Klobuchar) On April 14th, armed members of the terrorist group Boko Haram abducted 276 girls during a raid at an all-girls school in the northeast village of Chibok, Nigeria; reports...
View ArticleBackground Briefing on Designation of Boko Haram and Ansaru as Foreign...
(Source: US Department of State) MODERATOR:Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us for today's call. Our participants today are [Senior Administration Official One]. And also briefing today...
View ArticleNigeria: Countering the Threat Posed by Boko Haram
Monday, 18 November 2013, 4:57 pm Press Release: Countering the Threat Posed by Boko Haram Testimony Linda Thomas-Greenfield Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs House Foreign Affairs...
View ArticleBoko Haram and U.S. Counterterrorism Assistance to Nigeria
Monday, 19 May 2014, 3:15 pm Press Release: Boko Haram and U.S. Counterterrorism Assistance to Nigeria Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC May 14, 2014 “The kidnapping of hundreds of...
View ArticleBoko Haram: The Growing Threat to Schoolgirls in Nigeria
Friday, 23 May 2014, 3:15 pm Speech: Boko Haram: The Growing Threat to Schoolgirls in Nigeria and Beyond Testimony Sarah Sewall Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights House...
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