Shekau’s Boko Haram has terrorised Nigeria since 2009 and the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government has had a hard time curbing the murderous inclinations of the insurgents. Shekau ...

Multiple Nigerian media outlets reported last week that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has died or been mortally wounded in a confrontation with fighters from the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA ...

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau wants to be Africa's Osama Bin Laden, and has ratcheted up his anti-American rhetoric in an effort to spread his influence globally, according to a more-nuanced ...

LAGOS, Nigeria – Abubakar Shekau says he still leads Boko Haram, exposing the biggest rift yet among Nigeria's Islamic insurgents and possibly paving the way for a break from the Islamic State group.

The leader of Boko Haram — the Nigerian terror group that has killed tens of thousands of people and kidnapped hundreds of schoolchildren — has killed himself ...

The repentant terrorists also said Shekau is now in hell because he committed suicide during a fight with another terror group. Recall that Shekau was reportedly ...

This is a guest post by Jacob Zenn, an analyst of African Affairs for the Washington D.C.-based think tank, The Jamestown Foundation, and a contributor to the West Point CTC Sentinel. It remains ...

LAGOS — Abubakar Shekau says he is alive and still the leader of Islamist sect Boko Haram, denying reports he has been incapacitated in a new audio message released by the group on Sunday. Jihad ...

Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa — Abubakar Shekau, the Nigerian terrorist responsible for the 2014 kidnapping of nearly 300 schoolgirls, has resurfaced a day after a rival figure was named ...

The reported death of Abubakar Shekau, leader of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram is bound to generate considerable interest within and outside the shores of this country. The Joint Task Force JTF ...