Boko Haram insurgency

July 26, 2009 · Maiduguri

Jihadist insurgency in northeastern Nigeria and the Lake Chad region. Boko Haram's 2014 kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok drew worldwide attention.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

Nigeria

Boko Haram

Other

Nigeria

Chad

Cameroon

Niger

Boko Haram

Abubakar Shekau Boko Haram leader 2009-2021

Mohammed Yusuf Founder of Boko Haram, killed in 2009

Strength and losses

Killed: c. 1,800

Units

Nigerian Army Civilian Joint Task Force

Multinational Joint Task Force

Battles and events 4

2009 Boko Haram uprising July 26–29, 2009 · Violence quelled
Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping April 14, 2014
First Battle of Bosso (2015) February 6, 2015 · Nigerien-Chadian victory
Battle of Damasak March 9–17, 2015 · Chadian-Nigerien victory