Nigeria
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Apr- 2019 -27 AprilAfrica
Islamic State fighters storm Nigeria military base near Biu
Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province faction of Boko Haram attacked an army outpost at Mararrabar Kimba in Nigeria's Borno state, military sources said
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25 AprilBusiness
Nigeria A-29 Super Tucanos to be based at Kainji in Niger state
Nigerian Air Force A-29 Super Tucanos look set to be based at Kainji, and the service says it expects the aircraft to be inducted in 2020
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18 AprilAfrica
Nigeria: 52 Boko Haram fighters killed in attack on MNJTF in Cross Kauwa, Chad army says
Two Chadian soldiers and 52 Boko Haram fighters were killed in an attack on the Multinational Joint Task Force in Cross Kauwa in northeastern Nigeria
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15 AprilAfrica
Nigeria-Chad operation ‘kills 27 terrorists’ near Wulgo as ISIS claims multiple attacks
A joint Nigeria-Chad military operation against "Boko Haram terrorists" in the Wulgo area of Borno state as ISIS claimed multiple attacks in the Lake Chad area
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14 AprilCommentary
Boko Haram and the Chibok Abductions: #FiveYearsTooLong
Five years after Boko Haram fighters kidnapped 276 women from Chibok, Dr Elizabeth Pearson looks at how women are exploited in the conflict in northeast Nigeria
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14 AprilWar
ISIS brands global attacks as ‘Vengeance for Sham’
Robert Postings looks at the first few days of Islamic State’s ‘Vengeance for Sham’ global campaign
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9 AprilAfrica
2,000 flee Jakana as Nigeria army prepares offensive against Islamic State
Around 2,000 people have been forced to flee Jakana to an IDP camp near Maiduguri ahead of a Nigeria military offensive against Boko Haram
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7 AprilAfrica
Nigeria: Three killed in twin suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri
Three people were killed and more than 30 were injured in a twin suicide bomb attack in Muna Dalti on the outskirts of Maiduguri in Nigeria's Borno state
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2 AprilAfrica
Nigerian Air Force targets Islamic State base at Magari near Lake Chad
Airstrikes "significantly degraded" an Islamic State West Africa province base at Magari in the Lake Chad area of Borno state
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1 AprilAfrica
Nigeria: Troops kill 16 ‘Boko Haram terrorists’ in Lake Chad area, MNJTF says
Troops from the regional Multinational Joint Task Force 'neutralised' 16 'Boko Haram terrorists' in the Lake Chad area of Nigeria's Borno state
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