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Timeline of the Boko Haram insurgency is the chronology of the Boko Haram insurgency, an ongoing armed conflict between Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram (including their offshoot Ansaru) and the Nigerian government. Boko Haram have carried out many attacks against the military, police and civilians since 2009, mostly in
Boko Haram has kidnapped large numbers of children on several occasions. This has led to Boko Haram members physically, psychologically and sexually abusing them, using and selling them as sex slaves and/or brides of forced marriages with their fighters. [315] – the most famous example being the Chibok kidnapping in 2014.
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]
Armed conflicts and attacks. War against the Islamic State. Islamic State insurgency in Puntland. Puntland counter-terrorism operations. Puntland forces capture key locations, including Dararmadobe, Uraar and the Four Corners of Mountains in Gaatir Oodan, which have served as command and defense bases for the Islamic State militias.
Several Boko Haram "top fighters" outright defected. [15] According to an alleged insider account, up to 70% of Boko Haram's qaids (senior commanders) had secretly sided with ISWAP by the time of the operation. [16] One group of Boko Haram loyalists, counting "dozens" according to al-Naba, holed up at the well defendable Ghowbra camp. ISWAP ...
The jihadists' invasion was halted by Nigerien FDS located between Bagara and Diffa, sparking battles. [5] The Boko Haram fighters conducted the attack with fifteen to twenty vehicles. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] While the attack was repelled by the Nigerien forces, thousands of panicked civilians fled the area in anticipation of more attacks.
By John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau (Reuters) - West African leaders on Saturday agreed to work together to wage "total war" on Boko Haram saying the Nigerian Islamist group had become a regional ...
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 ...