The reported truce follows the release of 360 villagers abducted during a Boko Haram attack in northeastern Nigeria. The Nigerian government has been involved in a secret ceasefire with Boko Haram for the past three months, according to an investigation by The New Humanitarian, in a development that could mark a rare pause in years…
Boko Haram has released an obituary for one of its videographers and cameramen, identified as Abu Salim al-Barnawi, who was killed by Nigerian troops during an attempted raid on a military camp. The three-minute, three-second video, obtained on Wednesday, is narrated in Arabic and shows the young fighter, Abu Salim al-Barnawi, operating a camera and…
Tension has risen in parts of Ghana after threats linked to the extremist group Boko Haram surfaced on social media, following the arrest and remand of Alhaji Seidu Abagre, a Kusasi man who allegedly paraded himself as the Bakwu Naaba despite long-standing government recognition of another chief. Boko Haram began trending in Ghana this week…
