Islamic militants
Children Held Without Charge After Raids on 'Boko Haram Training Camps'
The students — some as young as five years old — were detained after their Quranic schools in northern Cameroon were raided, Amnesty International said on Friday.
Chad's National Police Academy Targeted in Suicide Attack
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in N'Djamena but suspicion fell on Islamic militant group Boko Haram. At least 23 people were killed in the two explosions.
My Dad's Long, Frustrating Battle with the US Government to Learn About His Own Kidnapping
My dad was a journalist when he was kidnapped by Islamic militants in Beirut in 1985, three months before I was born. But it's American laws that have made figuring out what happened a nightmare.
How Sydney and Australia Reacted to the Cafe Hostage Crisis Online
The gunman who seized a cafe in downtown Sydney has reportedly been killed by police, but not before two hostages were killed (and four wounded). Here's how it played out online.
Teens Kill 900 Chickens, Are Completely Insane
This week saw teens getting arrested for poultry genocide and flamingo death, attempting to join the Islamic State, and winning the Nobel Prize.
Boko Haram Militants Have Surrounded a Major Nigerian City
Residents of the Borno State capital expect an attack soon in what could be the largest and most symbolic seizure yet by the group.
Nigerian Military: Actually, We Haven't Rescued Those Kidnapped Schoolgirls
The Nigerian military has recanted claims that it rescued over 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by an islamic terrorist group.