28.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria army kills 11 Boko Haram Islamists"

Maiduguri: 11 members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram shot dead by Nigerian army, according to an army spokesman [ID 209219]

27.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Gunmen kill 15, burn bodies in northern Nigeria" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Zamfara state: According to police, gunmen have killed 15 village traders returning from a market and set their bodies ablaze [ID 209330]

27.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria violence: Zamfara traders shot dead"

Zamfara state: At least 15 traders killed by gunmen [ID 209218]

27.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Gunmen shoot police officers in flashpoint Nigerian city" , Author: Agence France-Presse

City of Kano: Gunmen opened fire on a police station and 2 officers were feared dead; attacks claimed by the Islamist sect Boko Haram killed 185 people in recent days [ID 209329]

26.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"German engineer kidnapped in Kano, Nigeria"

Kano: German engineer abducted by gunmen [ID 209215]

25.01.2012 - Source:Guardian 

"Nigerian police station bombed in 'Boko Haram' attack"

Kano: Alleged members of the Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a police station; the week before, at least 185 people were killed in attacks by the Boko Haram [ID 209204]

25.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Fresh attack on police in Nigerian city of Kano" , Author: Agence France-Presse

City of Kano: According to residents, around 30 alleged members of Boko Haram attacked a police station with bombs and gunfire, killing a woman [ID 209327]

24.01.2012 - Source:Guardian 

"Nigerian death toll from Boko Haram attacks 'nears 1,000'"

According to Human Rights Watch, the Islamist group Boko Haram has killed at least 935 people since it launched an uprising in 2009, including more than 250 in the first weeks of 2012 [ID 209197]

24.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria arrests dozens of Boko Haram suspects in Kano"

Kano: 158 suspected members of the Islamist  Boko Haram organisation arrested by Nigerian forces in raids [ID 209213]

24.01.2012 - Source:Reuters

"FACTBOX - What is Nigeria's Boko Haram?" , Author: AlertNet

Article on the Islamist sect Boko Haram [ID 209315]

24.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Boko Haram: Nigerian legislature to strengthen Anti-terrorism Act" , Author: Pan African News Agency

According to Senate President David Mark, the National Assembly is to strengthen the country's Anti-Terrorism Act so it can be more effectively used to counter the Islamist sect Boko Haram [ID 209321]

24.01.2012 - Source:Reuters

"TIMELINE-Ethnic and religious unrest in Nigeria" , Author: AlertNet

Timeline of religious and ethnic violence over the last 10 years [ID 209325]

24.01.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Nigeria: Authorities must protect population against deadly attacks [AFR 44/003/2012]"

The government has repeatedly failed to prevent, investigate, prosecute or punish attacks by the Boko Haram; on 21 January 2012, at least 186 people were killed in Kano when members of the Islamist group bombed security forces at 8 different locations [ID 209326]

23.01.2012 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"TV reporter gunned down while covering Kano suicide bombings"

City of Kano: TV reporter Enenche Godwin Akogwu killed by unidentified gunman while covering a series of bombings by the Islamist sect Boko Haram on 20 January [ID 209141]

23.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Nigeria police discover eight bomb-laden cars" , Author: Agence France-Presse

City of Kano: Police said they found 8 abandoned cars packed with bombs [ID 209319]

23.01.2012 - Source:Guardian 

"Kano service for bombers' victims"

The Boko Haram has killed 226 people so far in 2012; according to an Associated Press count, they killed 510 people in all of 2011 [ID 209191]

23.01.2012 - Source:Guardian 

"Unexploded car bombs found in Kano"

Kano: According to a police spokesman, authorities have found 10 unexploded car bombs in the city where an attack by the Islamist Boko Haram few days before killed more than 150 people [ID 209192]

22.01.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"World Report 2012"

Annual report on the human rights situation in 2011 [ID 208813]

22.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Boko Haram's Rise in Nigeria Sparks Civil War Fears" , Author: Voice of America

Article on the rise of Boko Haram and civil war fears [ID 209318]

22.01.2012 - Source:Guardian 

"Scores dead after attacks in northern Nigeria"

Kano: More than 170 people were killed in a series of attacks by the Islamist group Boko Haram; following Friday prayers, 5 police buildings, 2 immigration offices and the local headquarters of the national intelligence services were targeted [ID 209174]

22.01.2012 - Source:Guardian 

"Boko Haram is Nigeria's enemy"

Article on attacks by the Islamist group Boko Haram and the role of religion in the assaults [ID 209185]

21.01.2012 - Source:Guardian 

"Nigerian city of Kano rocked by explosions and gunfire"

Kano: At least 7 people were killed in attacks after Friday prayers; Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the attacks [ID 208707]

21.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Coordinated attacks, gun battles kill 162 in Nigerian city" , Author: Agence France-Presse

City of Kano: According to reports, authorities imposed a curfew on the city after a series of bomb attacks targeting security forces and gun battles killed at least 162 people on 20 January; the main newspaper in the North said an alleged spokesman for Islamist group Boko Haram had claimed responsibility for the violence [ID 209312]

21.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria's Kano rocked by multiple explosions"

Kano: Authorities impose a curfew after 7 people are killed in a series of co-ordinated bomb attacks targeting police offices [ID 208913]

21.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria violence: Scores dead after Kano blasts"

Kano: About 150 killed in co-ordinated attacks by Islamist militants, according to witnesses and reports; the city is now under a 24-hour curfew [ID 208915]