Boko Haram
Taking menstrual cups to Boko Haram victims
Denise Ritchie is the founder of "Stop Demand" an Auckland based charity which addresses rape in war and sexual slavery. She's returning to the north east of Nigeria to distribute menstrual cups .The… Video, Audio
More than a dozen dead in Boko Haram attack
More than a dozen people have been killed after getting caught in a clash between suspected Boko Haram militants and soldiers in northern Nigeria.
Freed 'Chibok girls' reunited with families
More than 100 "Chibok girls" freed from Nigeria's Boko Haram have been reunited with their families and will soon return to school.
'Bring Back Our Girls' organiser celebrates release of 82 Chibok girls
One of the organisers of the 'Bring Back Our Girls' campaign says it's a huge victory that 82 Nigerian schoolgirls have been released. Evon Benson-Idahosa, the executive director of Pathfinders… Audio
Released Chibok girls to meet Nigerian President
The now free 82 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram will soon meet the Nigerian President. The Times' Nigeria Correspondent Jeremy Kelly has the latest. Audio
75,000 children risk dying of hunger - UN
Some 75,000 children in north-eastern Nigeria risk dying of hunger in the few months ahead, after Boko Haram jihadists laid waste to the region.
Boko Haram: Officials 'sexually abusing' women, girls
Women and girls in several camps in the Nigerian town of Maiduguri are being sexually abused by officials, a rights group says.
UN releases 900 children from army barracks
The United Nations has negotiated the release of nearly 900 children held by the Nigerian security forces in the northeast of the country.
Africa correspondent Deborah Patta
Deborah Patta on the schoolgirls recently released by Boko Haram. Audio
21 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls freed, 'most with babies'
Some of the schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria, have been freed, and most have babies, a security official says.
Boko Haram releases new video claiming to show Chibok schoolgirls
Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has released a video appearing to show some of the schoolgirls they abducted from the northern town of Chibok.
Second kidnapped Chibok girl found
A second schoolgirl kidnapped in the Nigerian town of Chibok two years ago has been found by the Nigerian army.
Rescued Chibok girl meets Nigerian president
The first of the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls to be rescued from Boko Haram militants has met President Muhammadu Buhari at his villa in Abuja.
Boko Haram girl found
One of more than 200 school girls abducted by Islamist group Boko Haram in North East Nigeria two years ago has been found, fuelling hope that the remaining girls will be found and reunited with their… Audio
Kidnapped Chibok schoolgirl found after two years
One of the 219 missing Chibok schoolgirls has been found in Nigeria - the first to be rescued since their capture two years ago.
Boko Haram abductee found alive
One of more than 200 school girls abducted by Nigerian Jihadist group Boko Haram two years ago has been found alive. Audio
Video of kidnapped Nigerian girls offers hope
A new video showing some of the Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped two years ago gives hope they may return, their family and friends say.
Yazidi woman begs UN to wipe out Islamic State
A young Yazidi woman has begged the UN Security Council to wipe out Islamic State. Audio
Lake Chad suicide bombers kill 27
Three suicide attacks on an island on Lake Chad have killed at least 27 people, security sources say.
Women, children rescued from Boko Haram
The Nigerian military says it has rescued almost 180 people from Islamist militant group Boko Haram.