Nigeria's military says it has used precision airstrikes to kill at least 35 Islamic militants in the country's northeast ...

The West African country has seen an uptick in attacks this year, as well as counter-insurgency operations.

Niger’s army has claimed to have killed Boko Haram leader Ibrahim Mahamadu, alias “Bakura”, without providing evidence, prompting caution from experts and a denial from the jihadist group.

The Niger army says it killed Boko Haram leader Ibrahim Bakoura in an Aug. 15 airstrike in the Lake Chad region ...

Niger's army said its soldiers killed a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, but experts cast ...

The Niger army said that it had killed a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, where the country borders Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon.

Rights groups are questioning a multimillion-dollar arms sale by the United States to Nigeria as security forces in the west ...

The answer lies in the lawless borderlands between Pakistan and Afghanistan. That is now the stamping ground of the Islamic ...

U.N. counterterrorism experts warn that Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe ...

A Nigeria court postponed on Tuesday the beginning of a highly anticipated trial over the killing of dozens of Catholic ...

The youngest son of Boko Haram founder has reportedly been arrested in Chad, where he was allegedly leading a jihadist cell, ...