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Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād [24] (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad'), [25] is a self-proclaimed Islamist jihadist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, which is also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [13]
On 27 March, the Nigerian army captured Gwoza, which was believed to be the location of Boko Haram headquarters. [161] On election day, 28 March, Boko Haram extremists killed 41 people, including a legislator, to discourage hundreds from voting. [162] Niger Army soldiers during counter-insurgency operations against Boko Haram in March
Amchide is a town in Cameroon, on the border with Nigeria.It abuts the Nigerian town of Banki, with streets and even houses straddling the border. [1] [2]In 2014, the town was the site of fighting between Boko Haram and the Cameroonian military, leading some residents to flee the area.
These groups include Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan, [3] Boko Haram, [32] the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, [33] the Caucasus Emirate, [34] Abu Sayyaf, [35] Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, [36] the Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade, and Al-Shabaab. [37] The first instance of the conflict was during the rise of the Islamic State in northern and western Iraq in 2014.
Boko Haram's attacks have intensified in 2014. In February, the group killed more than 100 Christian men in the villages of Doron Baga and Izghe. [3] Also in February, 59 boys were killed in the Federal Government College attack in Yobe State. [5] By mid-April, Boko Haram had been blamed for nearly 4,000 deaths in 2014. [3]
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]
Boko haram occupied the town for four months, during that four months Boko haram committed several mass executions in and around the city of Damasak. Seventy to one hundred people were killed, with some being beheaded under a concrete bridge leading out of the city.
The Boko Haram insurgency began in 2009, when the group started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria.. ISWAP claimed that the men of the village were "supporting and coordinating" with the Nigerian army and therefore labeled them as "apostates", heading to the village to commit this massacre.