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The 2009 Boko Haram uprising was a conflict between Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group, and Nigerian security forces. History. Violence across several states in ...
The Boko Haram insurgency began in July 2009, [78] [79] when the militant Islamist and jihadist rebel group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria. [ 54 ] [ 80 ] The conflict is taking place within the context of long-standing issues of religious violence between Nigeria 's Muslim and Christian communities, and ...
26–29 July – 2009 Boko Haram uprising – Nearly 1,000 people were killed in clashes between Boko Haram militants and Nigerian soldiers in four locations in the northern Nigeria – Bauchi in Bauchi State, Maiduguri in Borno State, Potiskum in Yobe State and Wudil in Kano State – beginning the Boko Haram insurgency.
Nigerian courts convicted 125 Boko Haram Islamist militants and financiers of a series of terrorism-related offences in a mass trial this week, the attorney-general's office said. A Boko Haram ...
Boko Haram rose to prominence in northwestern Nigeria in the early 2010's, growing to control territory in Borno State, southern Niger, and northern Cameroon.In 2021, the Islamic State - West Africa Province, which formed from ex-Boko Haram groups, launched an offensive that saw the death of Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau and ISWAP dominating former Boko Haram strongholds. [2]
Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād [23] (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad'), [24] is a self-proclaimed jihadist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [12]
Boko Haram, with one branch allied to the Islamic State group, wants to install an Islamic state in Nigeria, West Africa’s oil giant of 170 million people divided almost equally between a mainly ...
Boko Haram Islamic State's West Africa Province. Several minor factions [29] Ansaru [a] Supported by: al-Qaeda [34] AQIM [35] [36] [37] Al-Shabaab [38] Taliban [39] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2015) [40] 2009 2009 2009 Boko Haram uprising. Part of the Boko Haram insurgency Nigeria: Boko Haram: 2009 Ongoing South Yemen insurgency ...