Boko Haram insurgency

July 26, 2009

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

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Battles and events 4

July 26–29, 2009

2009 Boko Haram uprising Violence quelled Maiduguri Abubakar Shekau, Mohammed Yusuf

April 14, 2014

Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping Chibok

February 6, 2015

First Battle of Bosso (2015) Nigerien-Chadian victory Bosso

March 9–17, 2015

Battle of Damasak Chadian-Nigerien victory

Key commanders

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Abubakar Shekau Boko Haram leader 2009-2021

Mohammed Yusuf Founder of Boko Haram, killed in 2009