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Dapchi lies approximately 275 km (170 miles) northwest of Chibok, where over 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014. [5] Five schoolgirls died on the same day of their kidnapping; Boko Haram released everyone else in March 2018, save the lone Christian girl, Leah Sharibu, who refused to convert to Islam. [6]
Map showing the events of the raid, produced by the United States Armed Forces Damage to the school seen in the aftermath of the attack. On the night of 14 April 2014, members of the Islamic jihadist terrorist group Boko Haram [26] [27] attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria, a majority Christian village.
On 19 February 2018, 110 girls were kidnapped from the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi by Boko Haram insurgents. [1] On 21 March 2018, 101 of the girls were dropped back to the town.
Boko Haram has fought an armed rebellion in Nigeria's Northeast, which the U.N. says has killed more than 35,000 people. With a reputation for brutality, the group has been accused of torture ...
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]
On 19 February, Boko Haram kidnapped 110 schoolgirls from Dapchi, Yobe. By March, two main insurgent factions were still active, and continued to wage an insurgency campaign against the government: The followers of Abubakar Shekau (Boko Haram) operated mainly in southern Borno, while the faction of Abu Musab al-Barnawi (ISWAP) was mostly ...
Nigerian courts convicted 125 Boko Haram Islamist militants and financiers of a series of terrorism-related offences in a mass trial this week, the attorney-general's office said. A Boko Haram ...
Geidam is a local government area in northeastern Nigeria, with the village of Jilli in the LGA notably being the site of a Nigerian military base that has defended the town and surrounding areas from Boko Haram. During the Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping in 2014, locals called the military base in Geidam for help rescuing schoolgirls kidnapped ...