Boko Haram pledge to IS raises stakes

Boko Haram militants pledge allegiance to Islamic State, in an apparent online message by the Nigerian group's leader Abubakar Shekau.

Tanzania: Zanzibar Civic Union Front's Populism Raises Stakes Around Secession
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Zanzibar's politics have never been predictable, but it now seems things may be changing more permanently. Political wrangles that emerged from the current constitutional review process have brought to the fore an intense debate about the structure of the ...

What does the Nigerian militant group's name really translate as?

Frank Gardner looks at how you negotiate with armed kidnappers

Genge moja huko Niger limezungumza na BBC, likisema limeshirikiana na kundi la wapiganaji wa Boko Haram na kwa kufanya hivyo wakapata pesa.

A reader of last week’s column about Islamist extremism wrote, “It is not really about Islam. It is about things you understand all too well: poverty, alienation, disenfranchisement, and a search for meaning and identity.

Long road to recovery for rescued Boko Haram captives

Jeshi la Nigeria limetoa ripopoti kua mpaka sasa limekwisha waua wapiganaji 70 kutoka katika kikundi cha kiislam cha BOKO HARAM.

On April 14, 2014 a group of deadly armed religious fanatics in Northern Nigeria, Boko Haram, attacked a school hostel in the north-east Nigerian town of Chibok and abducted 234 female students.