The world stood in horror after details that the terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapped well over 200 schoolgirls from the Chibok region in Nigeria in 2014. Details are still developing but the first of the 219 girls that were captured has been found in the African nation by civilians searching the area near where the […]
Boko Haram and their ongoing reign of terror across West Africa and beyond has been a thorn in the side against opponents of the group on the continent. In a new report from The United Nations Children’s Fund, better known as UNICEF, the terrorist organization has been employing children to carry out deadly bomb attacks.
A man who was caught on video shooting a Philadelphia police officer has confessed to the shooting in the name of Islam. Edward Archer shot officer Jesse Hartnett at close range several times and is claiming ties to the terrorist group, ISIS.
The Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has unleashed a series of attacks across Nigeria Sunday night into Monday morning that has left an indeterminable number of people dead. This wave of attacks has also left over 100 persons injured, many of them said to be women and children.
In the ongoing struggle between the Nigerian military and the insurgent Boko Haram forces, recent news surfaced that the Islamist extremist group killed over 160 people in Northeast Nigeria. The Nigerian Army denies those claims, which comes after the army’s claims of arresting top Boko Haram leaders also coming under question.
On Monday, the Nigerian Army says it has freed 178 people, mostly women and children, from the clutches of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram. The army raided a Boko Haram stronghold in Borno State on Sunday, the main staging area for the clashes in the African nation.
The Islamic State group took their executions to unprecedented levels this week after beheading two couples who were accused of “witchcraft and sorcery.” The two women involved marked the first time females had undergone such a gruesome demise in the country.
The Islamic State extremist group has ravaged parts of Iraq and Syria, with reports of operations throughout Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. After a recent arrest in New York, it appears that the designated terrorist organization are making attempts to garner support from Americans who wish to join its cause.
At least 10 people were confirmed dead Sunday (Feb. 15) after a teenage girl detonated a device in an apparent suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria. The blast occurred at a busy bus station, and Boko Haram could be connected as it has used similar attacks in the past.
Abu Talha al-Almani, a former German-Ghanaian gangster rapper known as Deso Dogg, is now a designated global terrorist. The U.S. State Department made the announcement Monday (Feb. 9) after stating al-Almani joined Islamic State militants in 2012 and appeared in several videos on the group’s behalf.
Since the fatal shootings in the Charlie Hebdo magazine office in Paris on Wednesday (Jan. 7), the city and the entire nation of France has been gripped by terror. As authorities took aim to take down the alleged shooters in the massacre that sparked current tensions, other developments have arisen.
Terror struck in Paris, France as masked gunmen who authorities suspect may have Islamist extremist ties burst into the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo earlier today, killing 12 people in the process. Charlie Hebdo has slammed beloved Muslim figures its pages, earning the criticism of religious supporters.
