A brutal overnight attack by Boko Haram militants has left more than 60 people dead in a village in Nigeria's Borno state. The assault took place on Friday in Darul Jamal -- a community in the Bama ...

Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu, who survived being kidnapped in Nigeria in 2014, are now graduating from a U.S. college. Nearly seven years after Boko Haram snatched them from their beds in the northeast ...

This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. The article below was originally published at HNN. The raging Boko Haram ...

The code has been copied to your clipboard. Driving west from the city of Maiduguri, Nigeria, the roads get narrower as the towns get smaller. Along the road lie bullet-ridden buildings and security ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram remains one of the region’s deadliest conflicts despite a major military offensive to contain the African ...

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Zack Beauchamp is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he covers ideology and challenges to democracy, both at home and abroad. His book on democracy, The Reactionary Spirit, was published 0n July 16.

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Maiduguri, Nigeria – A few dozen women sit on mats in the shadow of a neem tree. Their giggles rise with the hot dusty air as they sketch elaborate designs on their hands with henna. Some of the women ...

The New York Times interviewed 18 girls who were captured by militants in Nigeria and sent into crowds to blow themselves up. Here are their stories. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — . The New York Times ...

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three north-eastern states as militant Islamists intensify their offensive against the government. The insurgency, led by ...