Niger’s government said on Thursday that Boko Haram militants killed 18 people, including a local religious leader, in an attack on a village in Niger’s southern border area of Diffa on the Nigerien border. The Islamist militants rarely claim attacks but they are based in the north of Nigeria and often launch cross border attacks … Read more
Four civilians were killed in northern Cameroon on Saturday in a suicide bomb assault by suspected Boko Haram militants in which three female attackers and one man blew themselves up, security sources said. The attack on the village of Nigue, a suburb of Fotokol town, is the latest of many the Islamist militant group has … Read more
This week, the world’s deadliest terror group wrought extraordinary carnage on crowds of people going about their daily lives. The fruit and vegetable market in the northern Nigerian city of Yola was packed with customers buying food for dinner when a suicide bomber struck on Tuesday evening, killing at least 34 people. “The ground near … Read more
A night-time explosion blamed on Boko Haram extremists killed 32 people and wounded 80 Tuesday at a truck stop in northeastern Nigeria, an emergency official said. Tuesday night’s blast breaks a three-week hiatus in bombings after a string of suicide attacks culminated in twin explosions in mosques in two northeastern cities that killed 42 people … Read more
Nigeria’s election commission on Saturday postponed presidential and legislative elections for six weeks due to security concerns. The vote was scheduled to take place on Feb. 14, amid concerns that millions of voters would be disenfranchised by Boko Haram’s brutal insurgency, as well as delays in distributing voter ID cards. Election commission chairman Attahiru Jega … Read more
An attack by Islamic extremists killed dozens in the northeastern Nigerian village of Doron Baga, a major fishing centre on the shores of Lake Chad, witnesses said. Fisherman Usman Abubakar told The Associated Press that suspected Boko Haram members drove into Doron Baga, in Borno state, “shooting people on sight.” “I counted 60 bodies with … Read more
The Accra Report is focused on keeping global attention on the #bringbackourgirls campaign, and with that in mind we continue to explore the harrowing element of sexual gender based violence (SGBV) that females in conflict regions are exposed to. There are sections of Nigeria’s citizenry who believe that the Boko Haram terrorist group is a … Read more
The wife of Cameroon’s vice prime minister, Amadou Ali, has been kidnapped and at least three other people have been killed in an attack by Boko Haram fighters on Ali’s home in the northern town of Kolofata, officials have said. A local religious leader and mayor, Seini Boukar Lamine, was also kidnapped in a separate … Read more
A video recording of the aftermath of an alleged Boko Haram masterminded attack in Nigeria has been sent to the offices of The Accra Report. This video is very gruesome and shows people fleeing the sight of the attack. It begins with footage of people fleeing from plumes of smoke and a raging fire. As … Read more