Boko Haram

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PEACEMAKER-IN-CHIEF?

Trump Ramps Up Wild Threat to Invade Ally ‘Guns Blazing’

The president said that if the U.S. attacks, it will be “fast, vicious, and sweet.”

Janna Brancolini

STILL SEARCHING

Army Finds 2 Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram Eight Years Ago

In 2014, Boko Haram militants abducted 276 girls between the ages of 12 and 17 from their dormitories.

Alice Tecotzky

NOT AGAIN

17 Nigerian Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram, Witnesses Say

According to one resident, the militants began carrying children, some as young as 10, off to their vehicles after setting fire to a church and shooting up a village.

Anna Venarchik

HOME AT LAST

30 Kidnapped Nigerian Students Released, Official Says

In recent years, the West African nation has seen a wave of mass abductions of schoolchildren, beginning with a Boko Haram attack in 2014.

Dia Gill

COMEUPPANCE

Private Prison Must Pay ICE Detainees $17M for $1-a-Day Work

Some detainees say they weren’t paid at all or were just given candy.

Kana Ruhalter

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CORNERED

Boko Haram Leader Reportedly Died as ISIS Closed In on Him

The Islamic State West African Province confirmed that Abubakar Shekau blew himself up to avoid capture as Islamic State militants approached on May 18.

Barbie Latza Nadeau