Analysis - Nigerian soldiers' widows have been reported as lacking support from the army, and even experiencing sexual harassment while claiming their late husbands' benefits.

Human Rights Watch has said that Nigeria's Islamist group, Boko Haram, has killed at least 935 people since 2009.

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram is waging the most brutal insurgency in Africa. The BBC's Farouk Chothia considers why it is so powerful.

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram is waging the most brutal insurgency in Africa. The BBC's Farouk Chothia considers why it is so powerful.

In April 2013, a handful of Boko Haram fighters ambushed some Nigerian troops near Baga. In response, the military stormed Baga, burning down thousands of homes and killing 200 people.

Under Sekau’s leadership, Boko Haram stepped up their campaign in Nigeria. In June 2011, they bombed the UN HQ in Abuja, killing 23 people. They continued attacking what they saw as western targets.

Boko Haram militants have been waging an insurgency in north-east Nigeria since 2009. More than 30,000 people have died in the uprising, which has now crossed borders into Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

Boko Haram seized the north-eastern Nigerian town of Monguno on Sunday, raising further doubts about whether elections could be held across the country on 14 February.

Nigeria's northeast is facing a resurgence of Boko Haram attacks, undermining military claims of success and raising fears of a return to peak insecurity. Since the beginning of the year, the ...

Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown jihadis, took up arms in 2009 to fight Western education and impose their radical version of Islamic law. The conflict, now Africa’s longest struggle with ...

In the shade of a porch outside a long, low, run-down building, a group of middle-aged men sit playing cards, like they have on many afternoons over the last four years. They’re hunched over and ...

Girls rescued by Nigerian soldiers from Islamist militants Boko Haram at Sambisa Forest line up to collect donated clothes at the Malkohi refugee camp in Yola on May 5, 2015.