Freed Boko Haram abductees reunited

A group of 158 women and children abducted by Boko Haram militants in north-eastern Nigeria last month are reunited with their families.

BBC

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

BBC

More Nigerians 'freed from Boko Haram'

Nigeria's military says it has freed another 160 more people during its offensive against Boko Haram militants in the vast Sambisa forest.

 

10 years ago

BBC

More Boko Haram hostages freed

Another 234 women and children are rescued from Boko Haram Islamist militants in north-eastern Nigeria, the country's military announces.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Cameroon Boko Haram hostages 'freed'

Cameroon says 27 hostages, including 10 Chinese workers and a politician's wife, held by suspected Boko Haram militants have been freed.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Boko Haram Cameroon captives freed

At least 20 of up to 80 people taken hostage by Boko Haram in Cameroon at the weekend are now free, reports say

 

10 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Help for freed Boko Haram captives

The BBC's Will Ross reports from inside a Nigeria refugee camp where Boko Haram 'captives' have been settling in, but remain traumatised from their time in captivity.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Freed women tell of Boko Haram horror

Former hostages held by Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria describe their ordeal at the hands of the militant group before their rescue.

 

10 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Freed Boko Haram hostages speak out

Women and children who have been held by Boko Haram militants say that some of their group was stoned to death as the Nigerian army approached to rescue them.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Jun

Old injustices and 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.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Jan

There’s nothing secular about Boko Haram

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.

 

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