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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 jihadist militant group based in northeastern Nigeria, which is also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [13]
Boko Haram has kidnapped large numbers of children on several occasions. This has led to Boko Haram members physically, psychologically and sexually abusing them, using and selling them as sex slaves and/or brides of forced marriages with their fighters. [315] – the most famous example being the Chibok kidnapping in 2014.
The December 2014 Cameroon clashes were a number of incidents that occurred between 28–29 December 2014 in variety of locations in Cameroon's Far North Region.The event included attacks on civilians and military positions carried out by Nigeria-based Boko Haram; the attacks were followed by a successful Cameroonian military counter offensive.
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 attack in Borno state. Shekau was reported killed in 2009 but reappeared as the group leader less than a year later. [37] The Nigerian army in mid-August 2013 stated that he was fatally wounded when soldiers raided a base of Boko Haram in Sambisa forest and had died between 25 July and 3 August. [38]
Mubi is located a few miles from the Cameroon–Nigeria border. It is one of three towns in northeastern Nigeria that have been under a state of emergency for more than a year. Even so, Adamawa State's attacks by the Boko Haram insurgency include massacres in Mubi in 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2018. [1]
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]
In total, more than 1,000 deaths have been attributed to Boko Haram since May 2013. [3] The group has burnt more than 200 schools, according to official figures. [ 5 ] Abubakar Shekau , suspected leader of Boko Haram, issued a video statement in mid-February 2014 promising to continue the group's campaign against western values and threatening ...