Boko Haram confirms custody of Nigeria's 110 missing schoolgirls

A faction of Nigeria's terror group Boko Haram has confirmed that the 110 missing school girls in the country's northeastern town of Dapchi are in its custody, a negotiator that used to bring together military officers and Boko Haram commanders for negotiations said on Friday.

Nigeria to send more troops to find missing schoolgirls

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he will be sending more troops and surveillance aircraft to search for schoolgirls who were declared missing after suspected Boko Haram terror group attacked their college in the northeastern state of Yobe last Monday.

Dozens of Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram released

Boko Haram militants have released dozens of schoolgirls out of a group of more than 200 whom they kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014, officials said today.

Nigeria: la famine menace des milliers de personnes

Environ un million de personnes ayant fui les violences dans l'État de Borno, engendrées par le conflit entre le groupe armé Boko Haram et les forces armées nigérianes, vivent maintenant à Maiduguri, la plus grande ville du nord-est du pays.

US issues worldwide travel alert over terror threat

The United States issued a worldwide travel alert on Monday, warning its citizens of "increased terrorist threats" after the Paris attacks.

Sharp rise in global terror attacks in 2014 (US report)

The number of global terror attacks and casualties increased between 2013 and 2014, according to a new report by the US State Department.