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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, which is also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [13]
IS has been able to strengthen its military capability by capturing large quantities and varieties of weaponry during the Syrian Civil War and the post-withdrawal Iraqi insurgency. These weapons seizures have improved the group's capacity to carry out successful subsequent operations and obtain more equipment. [97]
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 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.
Boko Haram has fought an armed rebellion in Nigeria's Northeast, which the U.N. says has killed more than 35,000 people. With a reputation for brutality, the group has been accused of torture ...
Boko Haram threatens to harm Leah Sharibu, Presidency Says; Condemns Killing Of Red Cross staff Boko Haram insurgents abducted three people from Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa state. [336] Boko Haram militants killed at least 11 people including three aid workers in an attack on a military barracks in the town of Rann in Borno.
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 ...