Nigeria's army says 360 rescued from Boko Haram. What goes into such rescue missions?

The group includes many women and children who were abducted in March from an area close to Cameroon.

The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) and the Nigerian military said they had carried out joint operations against Boko Haram and Islamic State-linked militants in northeastern Nigeria, killing ...

Two infants succumbed to the ‘harsh conditions’ of Boko Haram captivity in the Mandara mountains, the army says.

The Nigerian government alleged that the weapons, allegedly smuggled into Nigeria from Niger Republic, were intended for a ...

Kidnappings, often for ransom, have become a key tactic of Boko Haram jihadists in their 17-year-old insurgency against the ...

Last month America and Nigeria revealed that they had killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, who was in charge of the ISWAP/Islamic State West Africa Province’s GDP/General Directorate of Provinces. ISWAP is one ...

Hundreds of women and children who were kidnapped by jihadist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria were freed over the ...

Nigeria’s army said Boko Haram militants took the hostages from different communities. Kidnappings have become a growing ...

The Nigerian army said Sunday it freed 360 people abducted by Boko Haram extremists in southern Borno, in the northeastern ...

Hundreds of men, women and children abducted by militant group Boko Haram have been rescued, according to the Nigerian ...