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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 insurgency; Part of the religious violence in Nigeria, the war against the Islamic State, ... There were additional drone operations based out of Niger. [179]
In January 2015 the MNJTF headquarters in Baga, Nigeria, was overrun by militants of Boko Haram, who then proceeded to massacre local residents [2] [3] and destroy the town, displacing many citizens. [4] At the time, only Nigerian soldiers were present in the HQ. There were reports that they fled the attackers. [5]
Boko Haram, a militant group based in Borno State whose goal is to institute sharia law on all of Nigeria, [3] has become more proficient in carrying out attacks since a 2009 clash with security forces that led to the death of its leader Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf. Since then it has either claimed or been blamed for numerous attacks on Nigerian ...
Boko Haram is a terrorist organization based in nearby Nigeria. Some suspect this organization of smuggling weapons and money through Burkina Faso. [37] Additionally, a witness to a terrorist attack on August 23, 2015 in the Oursi province of Burkina Faso claimed that the terrorists had expressed allegiance to Boko Haram. [38]
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]
Abubakar Mohammed Shekau (23 March 1973 – 19 May 2021) was a Nigerian militant who was the leader of Boko Haram, an Islamist extremist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, from 2009 to 2021. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He served as deputy leader to the group's founder, Mohammed Yusuf , until Yusuf's execution in 2009.
On 1 January 2015, Boko Haram, an Islamic Jihadist and terrorist organization based in northeast Nigeria kidnapped about 40 boys and young men from the village of Malari in Borno State, Nigeria. [1] The victims were taken into a nearby forest.