Boko Haram

Although sixteen soldiers died in the attack on Baroua, near Nigeria, on the night of August 25, no civilians were injured or killed. Niger's defense forces therefore opposed Boko Haram's jihadists. According to the ministry, about 50 terrorists have been neutralized. Baroua was not by chance: this municipality is the first where the state organized the relocation of displaced persons as part of its…

Baroua is the first village affected by the operation to return to the village of internally displaced Nigerians. The attack killed 16 Nigerian soldiers and about 50 in the terror camp. as reported from Niamey, Moussa KakaIt was the positions of the army and the National Guard that secured the village of Baroua, which was…

Hundreds of Boko Haram militants overnight attacked a military post in southeastern Niger, killing 16 soldiers and wounding nine others, the defense ministry said on Wednesday. About 50 of the Islamist militants were…

At least six Cameroonian soldiers were killed on Saturday in a Boko Haram attack north of Cameroon, where jihadists intensified the attacks, the region's governor said on state television. Boko Haram carried out an attack on a military post in Sagme, near the border with Nigeria, in the far north of the country on Saturday…

The Nigerian president is at the forefront of the war on terror in the village of Baroua, near Lake Chad, in the southeastern part of the country. Mohamed Bazoum visited this village on Friday abandoned by its people due to several attacks by Boko Haram, the group operating across the river and the border with Nigeria, a few kilometers away. But since then, thousands of villagers have returned under the…

The Nigerian president is spending his first official trip to the insecure Diffa region. After visiting the soldiers, he will go this Friday, July 2, to the village of Baroua, where the people have abandoned their village for six years due to repeated attacks by Boko Haram. as reported from Niamey, Moussa KakaInstead of the No.…

In a new video, the Islamic State of West Africa (Iswap), the Islamic State's arm for Boko Haram, claims that Abubakar Shekau's group has joined its ranks. Is this really the case? For Vincent Foucher, a researcher at the International Crisis Group, signals point in this direction, but still deserve to be refined. Six weeks…

The Boko Haram group confirmed the death of its historic leader, Abubakar Shekau, last week. This had already been announced by the group Islamic State in West Africa (Iswap) two weeks earlier. What remains of the Boko Haram group after its disappearance? What are the new power relations between the jihadists from Iswap and the men who remained loyal to Shekau on the shores of Lake Chad?…

Boko Haram's alleged new leader has confirmed that its "impossible" commander, Abubakar Shekau, died in May while battling an outbreak, he said in a video. In the short video in Arabic, Boko Haram commander Bakura Modu, also known as Sahaba, urged his faction commander to remain loyal despite the loss of their historic commander. Shekau's death is seen as a major shift in Nigeria's conflict, although Daesh in the West African province (ISWAP) has recently emerged as the dominant force in the more than…

It had already been announced by the group Islamic State in West Africa on Sunday, June 6, but Boko Haram confirmed it in a video. The jihadist leader took his own life almost a month ago to escape his rivals from Iswap, who besieged him in his stronghold in Sambisa. From our correspondent in Lagos,Liza FabbianIt is truly "like…