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Contents
Etymology
Causes, ideology, takfir
Causes
Ideology
Takfir
History
Background
Founding
Allegiance to ISIS
Post-2015 West African offensive
Campaign of violence
2009
Further information: 2009 Boko Haram uprising
2010
Bauchi prison break
Jos and Maiduguri attacks
December Abuja bombing
2011
Presidential inauguration
2012
State of emergency
2013
2014
January Maiduguri bombing
February boarding school attack
Chibok kidnapping
July Maiduguri bombing
Northern Cameroon
Expansion of occupied territory
Attacks in Cameroon
2015
Baga massacre
West African offensive
February Potiskum and Kano bombings
Attrition of Catholic diocese of Maiduguri
N'Djamena suicide bombings
July mosques massacres
5 July attacks
Claims of defeat
Borno
Federal Capital Territory/Nasarawa
Adamawa
Yobe
Kano
Cameroon
Chad
Niger
2016
Bodo bombings
Dalori attack
Weakening and split
2017
Rise in child suicide bombing
Maidiguri bombings
2018
Dapchi kidnapping
Maiduguri attack
Operation Lafiya Dole
Attacks in north-east Nigeria
2019
Attack near Nigerian army chief of staff’s family Home
Attack on Chadian security forces
Konduga bombings
Nganzai funeral attack
Attack on Nigerian military base
Attack on Burkina Faso military base
2020
Gamboru bombing
Auno attack
Boma attack
Goneri ambush
Amchide bombing
Gajigana attack
Gubio massacre
Monguno and Nganzai massacres
Nguetchewe attack
Koshebe massacre
Kankara kidnapping
Christmas Eve attack in Pemi
Wulgo forest kidnapping
2021
Maiduguri attacks
Organization
Leader
Financing
Kidnap for ransom
Extortion
Ties to other militant groups
Response by Nigerian authorities
International responses
Dates of designation as a terrorist organization
United States responses
African Coalition force
French and British assistance
Chinese assistance
Colombian assistance
United Nations response
See also
References
Further reading
External links

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Boko Haram
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Jihadist terrorist organization

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Boko Haram
جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد
Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad

Founder
Mohammed Yusuf †
Leaders
Abubakar Shekau
Abu Musab al-Barnawi
Dates of operation
2002–present
Headquarters
Sambisa Forest, Borno, Nigeria (March 2015 – present)
Gwoza, Borno, Nigeria (July 2009 – March 2015)
Marte, Borno, Nigeria (April–September 2015)
Active regions
Northeast Nigeria, Northern Cameroon, Niger, Chad, Mali
Ideology
Salafist Jihadism
Wahhabism
Size
At least 15,000 (Amnesty International claimed, January 2015)
20,000 (Chad claimed, March 2015)
4,000–6,000 (United States claimed, February 2015)
Part of
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (since 2015)
Allies
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (since 2015)
Opponents

Battles and wars
Boko Haram insurgency
2015 West African offensive
Designated as a terrorist group by
See section
The maximum extent of Boko Haram in January 2015 shown in dark grey
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Boko Haram insurgency
Military operations
2009 uprising
2011 clashes
Sokoto
Damboa
Chibok
Konduga (2014)
Cameroon
Kolofata
W Africa
Niger (2015)
Konduga (2015)
Damasak
Niger (2016)
Rann
Diffa
Chad Basin
Boma's Wrath
Terrorist attacks and massacres
2010
Bauchi
Jos & Maiduguri
Abuja
2011
Bauchi, Maiduguri, Zaria & Zuba
Abuja police HQ
Abuja UN
Damaturu, Kaduna & Maiduguri
Damaturu, Gadaka, Jos & Madalla
2012
Gombi, Mubi, Maiduguri & Yola
Kaduna (Apr)
Damaturu
Kaduna (Jun)
Okene
Mubi
Maiduguri & Potiskum
2013
Kano
Baga
Mamudo
Konduga
Benisheik
Gujba
2014
Maiduguri (Jan)
Kawuri & Chakawa
Kawuri
Konduga massacre
Lake Chad
Izghe
Buni Yadi (Feb)
Abuja DSS
Nyanya (Apr)
Chibok
Nyanya (May)
Gamboru & Ngala
Jos
Buni Yadi (May)
Mubi
Gwoza
Borno
Kaduna & Abuja
Wuse
Maiduguri (Jul)
Damboa
Kogi
Potiskum
School bombing
Maiduguri (Nov)
Damasak
Kano
Gumsuri
Gombe
2015
Malari
Cameroon bus
Baga
Maiduguri (Jan)
Fotokol
Potiskum & Kano
Maiduguri (Mar)
N'Djamena
Monguno (Jun)
Borno (30 Jun & 1 Jul)
Potiskum, Jos & Borno
Gombe
Borno (Aug)
Maiduguri & Monguno
Chad (Oct)
Yola
Chad (Dec)
2016
Bodo
Dalori
Dikwa
Maiduguri (Mar)
Borno (Apr)
Lake Chad
Adamawa
Cameroon
Maiduguri (Oct)
Madagali
2017
Maiduguri
Mubi
2018
Konduga
Dapchi
Mubi
2019
Konduga
Nganzai
2020
Gamboru
Auno
Toumour
Lake Chad & Borno
Gubio
Monguno & Nganzai
Nguetchewe
Koshebe
Kankara
Pemi
2021
Maiduguri
Mainok
Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād ( Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد ‎, "Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad "), and Wilāyat Garb Ifrīqīyā ( Arabic: ولاية غرب أفريقيا ‎), meaning "West African Province", is a jihadist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, which is also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon. Founded by Mohammed Yusuf in 2002, the group has been led by Abubakar Shekau since 2009, although it splintered into other groups after Yusuf's death and also in 2015. When the group was first formed, their main goal was to "purify" Islam in northern Nigeria, believing jihad should be delayed until the group was strong enough to overthrow the Nigerian government. Since March 2015, the group has been aligned with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The group has been known for its brutality, and since the insurgency started in 2009, Boko Haram has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 2.3 million from their homes, and was at one time the world's deadliest terror group according to the Global Terrorism Index. Boko Haram has contributed to regional food crises and famines. After its founding in 2002, Boko Haram's increasing radicalisation led to the suppression operation by the Nigerian military and the killing of its leader Mohammed Yusuf in July 2009.