Johannesburg — There were reports emerging Wednesday that Islamic militants had abducted dozens of people near a camp for internally displaced people in northeast Nigeria. Local media outlets said ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic extremists killed nine people and injured four in Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, authorities said Sunday. The attack was carried out by Boko Haram militants on the ...

Editor's Note: This is the second installment in a three-part series on militant activity in Nigeria. The geopolitics of Nigeria engenders the use of regional militias, which wage insurgencies in part ...

Sarah Carter is an award-winning CBS News producer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has been with CBS News since 1997, following freelance work for organizations including The New York Times, ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A resurgence of Boko Haram attacks is shaking Nigeria’s northeast, as Islamic extremists have repeatedly overrun military outposts, mined roads with bombs and raided civilian ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. At least 50 Boko Haram insurgents were killed in Nigeria on Monday after they ambushed a convoy of Nigerian government ...

The assaults are part of a surge by Boko Haram and its Islamic State splinter ISWAP, who have stepped up deadly attacks on military bases and villages in Nigeria's insurgency-hit northeast. Suspected ...