Boko Haram

Smoke from the scene of an explosion at a police station is seen after a suspected suicide bomber was killed and many vehicles were destroyed in Abuja June 16, 2011. A suspected suicide bomber was killed and many vehicles were destroyed in an explosion at

In this Nov. 12, 2010 photo, an unidentified man stand on the remains of the destroyed Boko Haram mosque in Maiduguri, Nigeria. In northeastern Nigeria, far from the battlegrounds of Afghanistan, a group known as the Nigerian Taliban is waging war against

Officials check the buildings inside a prison in Bauchi, Nigeria, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, after the radical Muslim Boko Haram sect armed with assault rifles launched an attack at sunset on Tuesday Sept. 7, on the prison to free more than 100 inmates wh

A prison guard walks near a burned out car, near to a prison in Bauchi, Nigeria, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, after the radical Muslim Boko Haram sect armed with assault rifles launched an attack at sunset on Tuesday Sept. 7, on the prison to free more than

An unidentified official displays burnt equipment inside a prison in Bauchi, Nigeria, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, after the radical Muslim Boko Haram sect armed with assault rifles launched an attack at sunset on Tuesday Sept. 7, on the prison to free more

Shattered remnants are seen at the site of a bomb blast at a bar in the Nigerian northeastern city of Maiduguri July 3, 2011. An explosion killed at least five people and injured 10 more on Sunday at a bar near a police barracks in Nigeria's northeastern

A body lays in the streets in Maiduguri after religious clashes in Nothern Nigeria, July 31, 2009. More than 700 people were killed during a five-day uprising by a radical Islamic sect in northern Nigeria and the search for bodies is continuing, Red Cross

Members of an local Islamic group lie on the ground at a police station after their arrest in the northeastern city of Bauchi, July 25, 2009. Gun battles raged for days last week as the security forces fought to put down uprising by members of Boko Haram,

Shattered remnants are seen at the site of a bomb blast at a bar in the Nigerian northeastern city of Maiduguri July 3, 2011. An explosion killed at least five people and injured 10 more on Sunday at a bar near a police barracks in Nigeria's northeastern