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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
STTEP International is a private military company founded in 2006. Their name reflecting their expertise in Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection. [1] STTEP was hired by the Nigerian government in 2015 to provide military training for the offensive against Boko Haram. [2]
In service Notes Reconnaissance vehicles; FV101 Scorpion: Reconnaissance vehicle United Kingdom: 157 [23] FV107 Scimitar: Reconnaissance vehicle United Kingdom: 5 [23] More units purchased from Jordan ERC-90: Armoured car France: 80 [29] 40 with Lynx turret. EE-9 Cascavel: Armoured car Brazil: 70 [23] Delivered in 1994. [22] Panhard AML ...
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]
Borno is the area where much of the Boko Haram violence, including the massacre of 2,000 civilians, occurred in 2015. The Nigerian military is fighting to hold onto the city of Maiduguri against a Boko Haram onslaught, so it appears likely that the CH-3 in question was flying reconnaissance and fire support missions for the military when it ...
Several Boko Haram "top fighters" outright defected. [15] According to an alleged insider account, up to 70% of Boko Haram's qaids (senior commanders) had secretly sided with ISWAP by the time of the operation. [16] One group of Boko Haram loyalists, counting "dozens" according to al-Naba, holed up at the well defendable Ghowbra camp. ISWAP ...
Starting at 5am, Boko Haram gunmen attacked Bohama military camp on an island in Lake Chad. [1] The attack took place from four sides, attacking with about 400 soldiers. The jihadists overran the camp after seven hours of fighting. Reinforcement were sent from the town of Kaïga Kindjiria to relive the stricken camp but got stuck and were ambushed.
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.