Title: Boko Haram - Wikipedia
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Boko Haram
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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

Content: Corruption in the security services and human rights abuses committed by them have hampered efforts to counter the unrest. In mid-2014, the militants gained control of swaths of territory in and around their home state of Borno, estimated at 50,000 square kilometres (20,000 sq mi) in January 2015, but did not capture the state capital, Maiduguri, where the group was originally based. On 7 March 2015, Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. According to the BBC, due to internal disputies between the two groups, hundreds of terrorists left Boko Haram and formed their own organization, named as Islamic State in West Africa. In September 2015, the Director of Information at the Defence Headquarters of Nigeria announced that all Boko Haram camps had been destroyed but attacks from the group continue. In 2019, president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari claimed that Boko Haram was "technically defeated". However, attacks by Boko Haram have escalated and it still poses a major threat as of 2019. Contents
1 Etymology
2 Causes, ideology, takfir
3 History
3.1 Background
3.2 Founding
3.3 Allegiance to ISIS
3.4 Post-2015 West African offensive
4 Campaign of violence
4.1 2009
4.2 2010
4.2.1 Bauchi prison break
4.2.2 Jos and Maiduguri attacks
4.2.3 December Abuja bombing
4.3 2011
4.3.1 Presidential inauguration
4.4 2012
4.4.1 State of emergency
4.5 2013
4.6 2014
4.6.1 January Maiduguri bombing
4.6.2 February boarding school attack
4.6.3 Chibok kidnapping
4.6.4 July Maiduguri bombing
4.6.5 Northern Cameroon
4.6.6 Expansion of occupied territory
4.6.7 Attacks in Cameroon
4.7 2015
4.7.1 Baga massacre
4.7.2 West African offensive
4.7.3 February Potiskum and Kano bombings
4.7.4 Attrition of Catholic diocese of Maiduguri
4.7.5 N'Djamena suicide bombings
4.7.6 July mosques massacres
4.7.7 5 July attacks
4.7.8 Claims of defeat
4.7.9 Borno
4.7.10 Federal Capital Territory/Nasarawa
4.7.11 Adamawa
4.7.12 Yobe
4.7.13 Kano
4.7.14 Cameroon
4.7.15 Chad
4.7.16 Niger
4.8 2016
4.8.1 Bodo bombings
4.8.2 Dalori attack
4.8.3 Weakening and split
4.9 2017
4.9.1 Rise in child suicide bombing
4.9.2 Maidiguri bombings
4.10 2018
4.10.1 Dapchi kidnapping
4.10.2 Maiduguri attack
4.10.3 Operation Lafiya Dole
4.10.4 Attacks in north-east Nigeria
4.11 2019
4.11.1 Attack near Nigerian army chief of staff’s family Home
4.11.2 Attack on Chadian security forces
4.11.3 Konduga bombings
4.11.4 Nganzai funeral attack
4.11.5 Attack on Nigerian military base
4.11.6 Attack on Burkina Faso military base
4.12 2020
4.12.1 Gamboru bombing
4.12.2 Auno attack
4.12.3 Boma attack
4.12.4 Goneri ambush
4.12.5 Amchide bombing
4.12.6 Gajigana attack
4.12.7 Gubio massacre
4.12.8 Monguno and Nganzai massacres
4.12.9 Nguetchewe attack
4.12.10 Koshebe massacre
4.12.11 Kankara kidnapping
4.12.12 Christmas Eve attack in Pemi
4.12.13 Wulgo forest kidnapping
4.13 2021
4.13.1 Maiduguri attacks
5 Organization
5.1 Leader
5.2 Financing
5.2.1 Kidnap for ransom
5.2.2 Extortion
5.3 Ties to other militant groups
6 Response by Nigerian authorities
7 International responses
7.1 Dates of designation as a terrorist organization
7.2 United States responses
7.3 African Coalition force
7.4 French and British assistance
7.5 Chinese assistance
7.6 Colombian assistance
7.7 United Nations response
8 See also
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
Etymology
The group's name has always been Jamā'atu Ahli is-Sunnah lid-Da'wati wal-Jihād ( جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد ), meaning "Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawa and Jihad ". It is also known as Wilayat Garb Ifrqiya, meaning "West African Province", also called "Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) or Islamic State’s West African Province (ISWAP)". since March 2015 after becoming part of the Islamic State.