The NGO worker was kidnapped on Friday night from Abalak, northeast of the capital Niamey, before being taken to Mali

US national abducted in Niger: Security source

The government has denied reports that the girls were swapped for Boko Haram fighters

Nigeria: Boko Haram releases 21 out of 200 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls

The Nigerian army launched an offensive to capture the town of Mallam Fatori when Boko Haram militants moved in with reinforcements

Nigerian army battles Boko Haram militants to retake town in northeast

The joint army operations took place ?around the villages of Gueskerou and Toumour in southeastern Niger between Monday and Wednesday

38 Boko Haram fighters killed this week during military raid in south Niger, says army

In the 11-minute video, a man claimed that 40 abdcuted girls 'have been married by the decision of Allah', while others died in air strikes

Boko Haram releases new video of alleged Chibok girls

Shekau ridiculed suggestions that he was dead. 'We have no desire to fight our Muslim brethren,' he said

Boko Haram's shadowy leader Shekau vows to fight in new video, dismisses split rumours

Abu Musab al-Barnawi was named the Islamic State's governor for West Africa in a two-page interview in its weekly magazine, al-Naba

Islamic State announces new Boko Haram leader

Nigerian army spokesman said two soldiers and three civilians were injured in an attack by 'suspected remnants of Boko Haram'

UN suspends aid after convoy attack in Nigeria's Borno state

The medical charity called on the United Nations (UN) to set up a steady food pipeline to the area ?

Nigerian children dying due to malnutrition: MSF sounds alert?

The camps have seen high death rates from severe acute malnutrition in camps, even famine. A UN official compared it to the Darfur crisis

UN delivers food to starving displaced by Boko Haram

Those released included 169 men, 46 women and 34 children. They were handed over to the Borno state government in northeast Nigeria

Nigerian army releases Boko Haram suspects, gives them $10

The attacker was a young boy, a Cameroon army official said.

Boko Haram suicide bomber kills 11 in Cameroon

Paris assists West Africa in the fight against Boko Haram with intelligence, logistics and training, but no combat troops directly involved

Niger President asks France to boost operations against Islamist militants

Niger vowed to avenge the deaths of 24 of its soldiers who were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in one of the jihadist group`s deadliest attacks in the country

Niger vows to avenge deadly raid by Boko Haram

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