Abubakar Shekau took over the leadership of Boko Haram in 2009 Abubakar Shekau, the infamous leader of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, is dead, a video published by its militants has ...

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appears in a new video to deny reports of his death, mock the army and taunt the parents of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appears in a new video to deny reports of his death, mock the army and taunt the parents of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.

FILE - A grab made on July 13, 2013 from a video obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau, dressed in camouflage and holding an Kalashnikov AK-47.

Factions loyal to Abubakar Shekau and Abu Musab al-Barnawi have reportedly clashed in northeast Nigeria.

Boko Haram's self-proclaimed leader Abubakar Shekau has purportedly appeared in a video message, denying that the Nigerian military had injured him in an airstrike. In the nearly-40 minute video ...

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.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau speaks in front of guards in an unknown location in Nigeria in an image taken from an undated video obtained on Jan. 15, 2018. (Reuters) ...

ONE CAN understand why Nigeria’s government has been slow to confirm the death of Abubakar Shekau. It has announced it five times before, between 2009 and 2016. Each time Mr Shekau, the leader ...

Abubakar Shekau says he is alive and still the leader of Islamist sect Boko Haram, denying reports he is dead, according to a new audio message quoted on social media on Sunday. Reuters could not ...

LAGOS, Nigeria-- Nigeria’s military said Tuesday it believes an airstrike has “fatally wounded” Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, but there was no way to confirm yet another claim of the ...

Abubakar Shekau, the infamous leader of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, is dead, a video published by its militants has confirmed.