Boko Haram

ADF STAFF A loss of territory and manpower have resulted in Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) unleashing suicide attacks in Nigeria, analysts say. On one day in late June, three suicide bombers, each…

ADF STAFF The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia is prioritizing community policing techniques as it prepares Somali security forces to assume full control of the country when the mission exits in December 2024. The mission,…

ADF STAFF Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria killed 20 young men in one of a series of early June attacks in the mountainous Shiroro communities of Niger State. Witnesses in the town of Bassa said Boko Haram fighters attacked in broad…

ADF STAFF As government forces and extremists increasingly use low-cost drones a on battlefields to monitor and attack each other, civilians often are caught in the middle with deadly consequences. The drone technology ranges from…

ADF STAFF Boko Haram is keen to expand beyond its strongholds in northeast Nigeria, but fighting among its Jama’atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad (JAS) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) factions may be hampering the…

ADF STAFF Officials in the Borno state of Nigeria began recording “droves” of defectors from two competing extremist groups in late 2021. The defectors were from Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province, also known as ISWAP.…

ADF STAFF The director-general of Nigeria’s National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies has called for amendments to legislation to increase women’s participation in defense and security. The director-general, Abubakar…

ADF STAFF As kidnapping for ransom has become a source of income for terrorists and criminals in parts of the Lake Chad Basin, authorities say that several hundred victims remain in captivity. A new report from the Institute for Security…

ADF STAFF Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa, has fond memories of his childhood in Sokoto. “Growing up as a kid in Nigeria, it was so peaceful,” he told the BBC during a video interview released on March 28.…

ADF STAFF Since its creation in 2016, Nigeria’s disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) program has sought to rehabilitate former Boko Haram fighters and usher them back into society. However, a lack of funding and capacity…