Boko Haram

• A look back on ‘What happened to…?’ episodes

  On the episode of the Global News podcast 'What happened to…?,'  Erica Vella updates stories that were covered in Season 1 of the podcast.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2021
  
• Around 150 students missing after gunmen raid Nigerian school, officials say

  John Hayab, whose son attends the school and who narrowly escaped the abduction, said about 180 students attend the high school.

  World

  Jul 5, 2021
  
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• What happened to … the Chibok girls and Boko Haram, Part 2

  On Part 2 of the Global News podcast What happened to…? Erica Vella revisits the abduction of the Chibok girls by Boko Haram.

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2021
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• What happened to… the Chibok girls and Boko Haram, Part 1

  On the episode of the Global News podcast 'What happened to…?,' Erica Vella revisits the abduction of the Chibok girls by Boko Haram.

  Canada

  May 20, 2021
• 300 Nigerian students kidnapped by Boko Haram returning home

  The abduction of more than 300 schoolboys from northern Nigeria marked one of the largest in recent years by the terrorist group Boko Haram.

  World

  Dec 17, 2020
• Boko Haram claims responsibility after hundreds of students abducted in Nigeria

  More than 330 students remain missing from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara after gunmen with assault rifles attacked their school Friday night.

  World

  Dec 15, 2020
• 9 dead, 30 wounded after explosion in northern Cameroon border town: Official

  Midjiyawa Bakari, the governor of the region said officials are investigating the origins of the explosive device, but it is certainly either from the military fighting Boko Haram extremists in the region or from the Islamic extremist group itself.

  World

  Jan 6, 2020
• Civilians executed and abducted by armed groups in northern Nigeria, UN report says

  A United Nations spokesperson said the executions and abductions happened Monday in northern Borno state.

  Crime

  Dec 24, 2019
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• Properly describing the terror threat means acknowledging religious extremism exists

  The federal government needs to make up its mind on this. This is not a point on which one can have it both ways.

  Commentary

  May 4, 2019
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• 30 Nigerian soldiers killed in attack by ISIS-linked militants: sources

  The attack by suspected members of Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) was on a base in Zari village in the north of Nigeria's Borno State.

  World

  Sep 1, 2018