Boko Haram’s embattled leader, Abubakar Shekau, appears in a new video to deny reports of his death and to taunt the parents of the nearly 300 school girls the group kidnapped from their ...

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. CNN values your feedback 1.

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s military said Tuesday it believes an airstrike has “fatally wounded” Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau and killed about 300 militants, but there was no … ...

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'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 ...

DAKAR — The abduction of nearly 300 girls from a secondary school in northeastern Nigeria has vaulted the leader of militant Islamist sect Boko Haram into the international spotlight. Abubakar ...

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 ...

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 ...

By boasting—and laughing—about increasingly violent acts in video releases, Abubakar Shekau has attained the distinction that has long eluded him: Africa's most notorious terrorist.

Abubakar Shekau, the infamous leader of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, is dead, a video published by its militants has confirmed. Last month, a rival faction said Shekau, who masterminded ...