Boko Haram Ongoing Updates - May 2015

Previous Updates: April 2015  March 2015 | February 2015

31 May 2015

• UPDATE (06-01-15): Nigeria's Northeast Suffers String of Attacks by Boko Haram
• UPDATE (06-01-15): Boko Haram raids Yobe towns, loots foodstuffs

30 May 2015

• UPDATE (06-01-15): Nigeria mosque suicide bomb kills 10 in Maiduguri city
• UPDATE (06-01-15): Suicide bombing, grenade attacks kill at least 39 in Nigeria

29 May 2015

• UPDATE (06-01-15): US Signals Willingness to Expand Military Cooperation With Nigeria

28 May 2015

• Priests return to beleaguered Nigerian diocese

27 May 2015

• UPDATE (05-28-15): 'Over 600 arrested for Boko Haram links since February'
• UPDATE (05-28-15): Pregnant Boko Haram victims pushed to abort babies conceived by rape
• UN decries Boko Haram's sexual abuse of captives
• Nigerian soldiers fired for 'cowardice in Boko Haram war'
• Boko Haram spreads hunger over border

26 May 2015

• UPDATE (05-27-15): Exclusive: Captured video appears to show foreign fighters in Nigeria's Boko Haram
• UPDATE (05-27-15): 43 killed in Boko Haram attack in NE Nigerian town
• UPDATE (05-27-15): Reports: Boko Haram kills dozens in Nigeria
• With Help from ISIS, a More Deadly Boko Haram Makes a Comeback

25 May 2015

• Thousands of Euros found on Boko Haram leader
• Boko Haram militants raid Nigerian village, hack 10 to death

23 May 2015

• UPDATE (05-24-15): Nigeria military: 20 women, children rescued; scores of terrorists killed
• UPDATE (05-24-15): Britain to continue training Nigerian troops in battle against Boko Haram

20 May 2015

• UPDATE (05-21-15): Nigerian military evacuates 275 women, children from camp
• Suspected Boko Haram bomber kills at least six at Nigerian cattle market: Police
• Nigerian Army Apprehends Boko Haram Sponsor in Bauchi

17 May 2015

• UPDATE (05-18-15): Boko Haram's Resurgence in North-eastagain, Suicide Bomber Wreaks Havoc in Yobe 

16 May 2015

• Boko Haram recaptures key town in northeast Nigeria: official

14 May 2015

• Boko Haram Attacks Nigeria's Maiduguri Prompting Fierce Clashes with Army
• Boko Haram attacks biggest city in northeast Nigeria
• Nigeria army imposes curfew on Maiduguri after Boko Haram attack

13 May 2015

• UPDATE (05-14-15): Over 11000 Nigerian Refugees Return After BokoHaram Threat Subsides
• Cleric rejects abortion for Boko Haram victims

12 May 2015 

• UPDATE (05-13-15): Boko Haram: Ransome-Kuti, 29 others to facecourt martial
• UPDATE (05-13-15): Nigeria's push into Boko Haram's foreststronghold fraught with risk
• UPDATE (05-13-15): Boko Haram Targets Catholics: 100,000 Homeless From Islamist Insurgency
• UPDATE (05-13-15): Chad's president says fight against Boko Haramis hampered by poor co-ordination with Nigeria

11 May 2015

• UPDATE (05-12-15): NIGERIA: 5,000 killed, 100,000 displaced, and 350 churches in ruins
• UPDATE (05-12-15): Report details damage to Nigerian diocese where Boko Haram operates
• UPDATE (05-12-15): Nigerian, Chad troops fail to cooperate in Boko Haram fight

9 May 2015

• Troops recover shocking video recordings from Boko Haram

7 May 2015

• 'Today, Nigerian troops have Boko Haram terrorists on the run'

6 May 2015

• Nigerian troops save 25 more kids, women from Boko Haram

5 May 2015

• UPDATE (05-06-15): Finally: Outgoing Nigerian president turns tideagainst Boko Haram 
• U.S. to Nigeria: No Guns to Fight Boko Haram

4 May 2015

• UPDATE (05-05-15): Nigeria's Boko Haram in Disarray as Government Forces Advance
• UPDATE (05-05-15): How Nigerian Women Were Tortured By Boko Haram
• Boko Haram - 214 Rescued Girls Pregnant

3 May 2015

• UPDATE (05-04-15): With rescue near, Boko Haram stoned Nigerian girls to death

2 May 2015

• UPDATE (05-03-15): 300 girls and women taken to safety

1 May 2015

• UPDATE (05-02-15): Nigerian Military: 234 More Girls, Women Rescued From Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest Stronghold
• UPDATE (05-02-15): Nigerian Military Rescues 234 More Girls, Women from Boko Haram Stronghold