More than a decade ago, nothing about the landscape around Lake Chad revealed the violence it would later host. Today, beneath the mirrored beauty lay the perfect sanctuary for insurgents who thrive ...

As Boko Haram and ISWAP fight for control of the Lake Chad islands, residents say the real danger is the vacuum left by security forces – a gap in which rival insurgents, not the state, now set the ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria says more schoolchildren have been abducted in the country’s volatile north. It’s not immediately clear who’s to blame in the latest seizure in Kebbi state, an act that ...

People walk along a street between St. Joseph Catholic Church and Kano Road Central Mosque in Kaduna, Nigeria. Marvellous Durowaiye/Reuters The Trump administration’s accusations that Nigeria is ...

The motivation behind Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) killing both Christians and Muslims stems from their extremist ideology to Islamise Nigeria, the Executive Secretary ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

GABORONE, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Botswana is working on acquiring a majority stake in De Beers, President Duma Boko said on Monday, after Angola announced a rival bid to control the giant diamond company.

As President Donald Trump weighs a "vicious" military response to the persecution of Christians in Nigeria, one Islamist terror survivor is speaking out in support ...

Boko Imama inhabited some precious real estate. In the late stages of the Penguins’ training camp in September, Imama was seated by himself in his locker stall in the team’s dressing room of the UPMC ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s military killed more than 50 Boko Haram militants in response to drone attacks on military bases in the country’s northeast, the army said Thursday. Army spokesperson Sani ...