Nigeria Pulls Troops From Mali To Fight Islamists At Home

Just a day after Boko Haram terrorists bombed a Christian neighborhood in Kano, Nigeria that killed at least 28 people and injured dozens, the government has announced a troop pullback from Mali to help restore peace to the region.

Nigerian troops had been assisting an international force in driving Islamic terrorists out of Mali. Continue reading

Kidnapped Aid Workers Rescued From Islamic Terrorists

Two Spanish aid workers for the group Doctors Without Borders were rescued from their Islamic terrorist captors Thursday.

Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut were kidnapped in Kenya in 2011 by al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group based in Somalia. The abduction of the two women along with others in a short span led the Kenyan government to launch a military assault on the terror group in Somalia. Continue reading

Boko Haram Terrorists Get Life Sentence

Four members of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram have been sentenced to life in prison after convictions related to bomb attacks that killed 19 Nigerians.

They were found guilty of masterminding an attack on an electoral commission office and a Christian church in 2012. The sentences are the strongest given to any convicted Boko Haram terrorist. A fifth terrorist was sentenced to 10 years in jail and a sixth defendant was acquitted by the court. Continue reading