A Nigerian senator from restive northeast Borno State has confirmed the rescue of about 1,000 women and children by the military recently in the region.
Hundreds of decomposed corpses were found in mass graves in a border community in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, seized by Boko Haram last year, an official said late Monday.
A Nigerian senator from restive northeastern state of Borno has expressed optimism that the military will "liberate Gwoza town, a strong hold of Boko Haram, very soon".
Nigerian troops operating in restive northeastern states are flushing out Boko Haram terrorists in the region, the military said on Sunday.
Suspected Boko Haram fighters on Tuesday attacked a village in Nigeria's northern Borno State, witnesses told Xinhua.
More terrorists have been killed in a concerted air campaign on Thursday by the Nigerian air force to clear terrorists from all their enclaves, an official said.
Over 500 Boko Haram fighters have been killed by the Nigerien Defense Forces supported by the Chadian troops between last Friday and Tuesday, eyewitnesses have said.
The UN Security Council on Thursday condemned "in the strongest terms" the continued escalation of Boko Haram terrorist attacks, including the one against the Chadian army contingent sent to fight the group alongside border between Cameroon and Nigeria.
Nigerian militant group Boko Haram killed five people in two separate attacks in the northeastern city of Gombe on Sunday, witnesses said.
Nigerian troops operating in restive northeast state of Borno killed 78 Boko Haram terrorists in their ill-fated attempt to capture a military base in Biu town, a competent security source told Xinhua on Thursday.
Nigerian military was working hard to free towns captured by the Boko Haram insurgents in restive northeast state of Borno, a government official said on Thursday.
Cameroon's army killed 116 Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday when the insurgents attacked an army base in the far north region of Amchide, the country's defense ministry said Thursday.
Troops in Nigeria have arrested suspected Boko Haram cameramen who are experts in photo, video recording and filming of their attacks on communities and atrocities against innocent citizens, the country's defense authority said Monday.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop issued a statement on Friday, welcoming the decision by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to designate Boko Haram in Nigeria as an entity associated with Al-Qaida.
The Chinese Embassy in Cameroon has confirmed an unidentified armed group attacked a Chinese company's camp in northern Cameroon on Friday night, leaving one Chinese national wounded and 10 others missing.
A total of 16 military personnel from U.S. Africa Command have joined the international effort to help find hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists nearly one month ago, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday.
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