Former Kiwi cop escaped kidnappers in Nigeria.

Thousands of Boko Haram victims are now on the verge of starvation in northeastern Nigeria, months after being rescued from the radical Islamist group.

Boko Haram is singling out geography teachers in its campaign of terror against Western education in Nigeria, it has been revealed.

Many people assumed the women kidnapped and held captive in Boko Haram's rape camps would be warmly welcomed back. Instead, they are shunned.

Two women suicide bombers set off a deadly blast in a Nigerian mosque killing at least 22 people.

A bombing that killed 58 people at a camp in a Nigerian town underlies the destructive capacity of Boko Haram that's left 3 million people cut off from access to aid.

The emaciated toddler was accused of being a witch and abandoned by his family.

Starving boy was left for dead by his family because they thought he was a witch.

With luxury air travel, five-star hotels and vast entourages, the life of a Nigerian politician has been more akin to that of a rap star than a public servant.

Nigeria's Army has claimed to have rescued almost 300 women and girls after seizing three "terrorist camps" from the Islamists of Boko Haram, but they did not include any of the 219....

The Nigerian army has rescued 200 girls and 93 women who had been captured by terror group Boko Haram.

A year after Islamic extremists Boko Haram kidnapped 220 girls from a girls boarding school in Nigeria, most of the girls are still missing.

At least 2000 women have been abducted by Boko Haram, detained in prisons and houses and subjected to forced marriage, stonings and sexual slavery.

Either a former dictator or a "weak" leader could emerge as President of Africa's most populous nation this morning.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for democracy in Africa yesterday as Nigerians resolutely cast their votes amid shootings by Islamist militants and technical glitches.

After days of razing villages and massacres, Boko Haram finished the week with its most chilling atrocity.

The West is being accused of ignoring the threat of militant Islamist group Boko Haram after their reported slaughter of up to 2000 people.

Thirty-five people were killed and 150 injured when multiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Kano, police said.

Islamic militants Boko Haram had abducted more 200 teenagers from a Nigerian school in April.

An experimental serum treatment on two US missionaries has raised hopes of an effective treatment for the disease after doctors reported a "miraculous" improvement in the health of one of those who contracted the disease.

In an era when the next pandemic can seem just a pathogen away, Ebola still retains a grisly fascination.

Dame Jane Goodall, the celebrated ethologist considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, will give a series of public talks in New Zealand next month.

Nigeria's president has been sent a new video of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in which they beg him to spare their lives through a prisoner swap.

Boko Haram is prepared to start releasing up to half of the kidnapped schoolgirls in the coming days after dropping demands for the release of top commanders in talks with the Nigerian government, sources close to the group have said.

A girl who spent several months last year as a hostage of Boko Haram has told how she was ordered to fight alongside the Islamists in ambushes on the Nigerian military.

The father of one of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram has spoken of the "other worldly" moment when he saw his daughter's face on the hostage video released by the group.