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Map of Boko Haram's territorial control on 10 April 2015, over 2 months after the start of the 2015 West African offensive. Starting on 23 January, a coalition of military forces from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger began a campaign against Boko Haram. [212] On 4 February, the Chadian Army killed over 200 Boko Haram militants. [213]
Map of Boko Haram's territorial control on 10 April, over 2 months after the start of the 2015 West African offensive On 23 January, a coalition of military forces from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger began a counter-insurgency campaign against Boko Haram. [ 148 ]
The map image is based on Module:Nigerian insurgency detailed map. Controlled by the Nigerian government Controlled by Boko Haram /the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (variously called ISIL, ISIS, IS, Daesh)
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 the same month, Shekau's Boko Haram faction initiated a series of attacks near Lake Chad, targeting Bama, Banki, Ngom, Tungunshe, and Maiduguri. These operations, far north of Shekau's traditional base of power, were possibly the first ones carried out by the newly organized "Bakura Faction", [14] a Boko Haram sub-unit led by Bakura Doro.
Boko Haram's territorial control prior to the 2015 West African offensive. Having cooperated and trained alongside AQIM in the Sahel since 2006, the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram began expanding into Chad and Niger in 2014 after successfully seizing territory in the insurgency in Nigeria. [22]
This is a list of active rebel groups that control territory around the world whose domains may be subnational, transnational, or international. A "rebel group" is defined here as a polity that uses armed conflict in opposition to established government (or governments) for reasons such as to seek political change or to establish, maintain, or to gain independence.
24 April – The last area controlled in Nigeria by Boko Haram's forces was in Sambisa Forest, Borno. [102] 25 April. Boko Haram retook the town of Marte in Borno, invading with tanks and over 2,000 troops. [103] Boko Haram attacked an island in Lake Chad, killing 46 Nigerian soldiers and 28 civilians. [5]