this comes in a long line of strong statements from president muhammadu buhari about boko haram.ear ago he told bbc that the war against the militant group was technically won, and yet, in that past year we have seen suicide bomb attacks, other attacks by boko haram. what is clear is that the militant group have lost some territory and do not control big towns. it seems now according to the president's statement that they may have lost their territory in the forest in the north—east of the country. the group's tactics have changed and they have become an organisation that uses more suicide attacks and sneak attacks, rather than holding onto territory. i think it would be premature to say that boko haram were finished, they still operate in tunisia and other regional countries. it was also striking that president muhammadu buhari referred to new efforts to get the release of the chibok girls, the schoolgirls who were taken 2 years ago. around 200 are believed to still be in control and under captivity he did not say they had taken them back from control into camp. it was assumed t

it was also striking that president muhammadu buhari referred to us efforts to get the release of thed 200 are believed to still be in control and under captivity i boko haram —— chibook. he did not say they had taken them back from control into camp. it was assumed they had been captured. the invitation would be that they don't know exactly where these chibook goals are and that boko haram are still in places in nigeri. the nigerian government are saying that this is a major step forward however. —— nigeria. throughout the year we've brought you many accounts of syrians who were caught up in the horrors of war. but for one young girl severely injured by the conflict, there's hope of a better year ahead. fatima alba kour‘s just undergone life changing surgery in germany. the bbc‘s rickin majithia has been following her story. fatima albakour fatima alba kour is fatima albakour is a child of war. at three years old, she is too young to understand why her country would turn their guns on each other, but not too young to bear their skulls. she was seven—month—old when a fire crippled her

it was also striking that president muhammadu buhari referred to new efforts to get the release of thee believed to still be in control and under captivity. he did not say they had taken them back from control into camp. it was assumed they had been captured. the implication would be that they don't know exactly where these chibok girls are and that boko haram are still in place in many places in nigeria. the nigerian government are saying that this is a major step forward however. security forces in tunisia say they've arrested three members of a terrorist cell linked to anis amri, the tunisian who killed twelve people by driving a lorry into a christmas market in berlin. the interior ministry said one of those detained was amri's nephew. 24—year—old amri was shot dead by police in milan in the early hours of friday morning. bethany bell reports. this is anis amri, the man who is suspected of being behind the attack on a berlin christmas market, in the name of so—called islamic state. and now authorities across europe and the middle east are trying to piece together his extremist conn

muhammadu buhari said the camp in the sambisa forest in the northeast nigeria was taken to days ago.hide after being forced out of what he called its last enclave in what was a key stronghold. bbc africa editorjames copnall said today's announcement was unlikely to mean the end of boko haram in nigeria. you may recall that last year the president of nigeria said the war have been technically won against boko haram, but they have been able to carry out attacks, including suicide bombings over the last year or so. what is clear, and we don't have any specific details on this latest announcement, but what is clear is over the last year and in the last few months, boko haram have been forced out of the areas and territory they controlled. so they are on the run, as it were. but they have still been able carry out attacks in cameroon and various neighbouring countries. it has become more of the regional threat than the nigeria—specific one. the wait is almost over for fans of sherlock, which has been described by writers at the darkest year, begins on new year's day. rumours of possible s

in a statement posted on social media, president muhammadu buhari said the group was "on the run and no longer have a place to hide." but the threat is far from over, with reports that the militants are regrouping at other bases in nigeria. one faction of boko haram is allied with the islamic state. the sambisa forest enclave is where boko haram was believed to be holding some of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 from the town of chibok. most of the girls remain missing. despite commitments to the latest truce by the rebels and leaders of ukraine and russia, a new cease-fire that was to have taken effect last night at midnight in time for christmas has not taken hold. the ukrainian government and russia-backed separatist rebels both allege multiple violations of the truce. the rebels claim ukrainian troops shelled them at least 140 times. the conflict that began more than two years ago when russia annexed crimea has claimed almost 10,000 lives. a number of opposition lawmakers in poland won't be home for the holidays. they've taken up temporary residence in the empty pa

the nigerian president muhammadu buhari says the army has captured a key base of the islamist militantm. the president said the group now had nowhere to hide after being forced out of what he called its last enclave. boko haram still stages suicide bombings in the northeast and in neighbouring niger and cameroon. despite the progress, the nigerian government still has some way to go before victory over boko haram is achieved. we have to recognise this comes in a long line of quite strong state m e nts comes in a long line of quite strong statements from the president about boko haram. a year ago or so he told the bbc that the war against the militant group was technically one and the government had one at that warand and the government had one at that war and yet, and the government had one at that warand yet, in and the government had one at that war and yet, in that past year, we have seen suicide bomb attacks and other attacks by boko haram. what is clear is the militant group have lost a n clear is the militant group have lost an awful lot of territory and do not control big towns.

president muhammadu buhari took office last year promising to fight corruption.eleven people involved in a syndicate to obtain the salaries and pensions of thousands of non—existent or dead employees. officials say the removal of the ghost workers has saved the government 600 million dollars. 2016 has been a dramatic year for turkey. on the edge of europe and the middle east and on the border with syria, over the past few months the country has suffered multiple terror attacks, an attempted coup, and just last week, the assassination of the russian ambassador. our turkey correspondent mark lowen has covered all of this. here's his review of the year. it has been perhaps the most turbulent year in turkeyjose mourinho history, from an attempted coup to the terror attacks to the conflict with the kurdish minority. this is the story of a traumatic 12 months. the backdrop has been the insurgency in the south—east. since the ceasefire broke down with the pkk kurdish militants, there has been tit—for—tat violence. the pkk have blown up soldiers and police, the state has