Boko Haram

More than 90 of the abducted girls released by militant group after negotiations with government

President apologises over mistaken claims of rescue following suspected Boko Haram attack

The UN says a heavy-handed approach by governments is a primary factor pushing people into violent groups

Kidnapped girls released after 'lengthy negotiations' between Nigerian government and radical Islamist group

After the clamour of #BringBackOurGirls, at least 195 young women are still held hostage by Boko Haram

Militant Islamist group is forcing more and more children to carry out deadly attacks, says new report

Millions of people are struggling to cope after Boko Haram laid waste to the north east of the country

New report shows militant group's campaign of terror against Western-style education in Nigeria

Bombing that bears the hallmarks of the Islamist extremists has killed 32 people in the Nigerian city of Yola

Terrorist group has claimed responsibility for bloodshed on four continents since it formed

Nigerian army frees more women and children held captive by the Islamist group, but the fight is far from over

Survivors say some of the Chibok girls have been brainwashed into fighting for the Nigerian Islamist group

New president vows to succeed where Goodluck Jonathan failed and rid Islamist militants from the north

The hostages are still being identified, and it is unclear if they are the missing schoolgirls from Chibok

Dozens of people, mostly children, were kidnapped as Islamist militants crossed border into Cameroon

Before and after images show devastation of 'catastrophic proportions' and one town almost wiped off the map

Lack of international support, political inertia and inherent corruption are to blame for bloodshed

Five years in jail for Oscar Pistorious, 6,800 dead from Ebola, 551m voters in India

Boko Haram suspected of murderous attack by bomber who dressed as a schoolboy to get inside building

Deal to free more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in April is in doubt after latest abductions and attacks

'War on terror' changes gear: Obama is due to explain his new foreign policy at West Point today

Nigerian troops said to be 'scared' of entering areas in north-east under control by Islamist militants