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Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian Army. Panhard AML-60 [56] Armored car France: Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian Army. VBL [57] Scout car France: Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian army. T-55/55MV/AM/AMV: Main battle tank: At least 82 (2015) [38] [39] [58] Soviet Union
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 terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [13]
Name Photo Type Country of origin Notes Handguns; Beretta 92 [1] Semi-automatic pistol Italy: Beretta M1951 [2] Semi-automatic pistol Italy: Browning Hi-Power: Semi-automatic pistol Belgium: Produced locally under licence as the NP-1. [3] Walther P5 [1] Semi-automatic pistol West Germany: Submachine guns; Heckler & Koch MP5 [2] Submachine gun ...
Boko Haram Islamic State's West Africa Province. Several minor factions [29] Ansaru [a] Supported by: al-Qaeda [34] AQIM [35] [36] [37] Al-Shabaab [38] Taliban [39] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2015) [40] 2009 2009 2009 Boko Haram uprising. Part of the Boko Haram insurgency Nigeria: Boko Haram: 2009 Ongoing South Yemen insurgency ...
List of armored fighting vehicles of the Soviet Union; List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS; List of ships of the Soviet Navy; United States. List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces; List of weapons of the U.S. Marine Corps
On 2 May 2022, Boko Haram published a video declaring Bakura its new leader under the name "Abu Umaimata". Under his command, Boko Haram continued to fight both the regional government as well as its jihadist rival, ISWAP. [2] [1] Over the course of the next months, Bakura managed to reinforce Boko Haram's position as well as took more ISWAP ...
Nigeria's military will free more than 300 people suspected of being part of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency after a court ruled there was no evidence they committed any crimes, a defence ...
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.