🏢 Company
Boko Haram
African jihadist organisation
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- Terrorism (2)
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Nigeria (2) · casualties (2) · Boko Haram (2) · violence (2) · insurgency (1) · terrorism (1) · U.S. military aid (1) · security crisis (1) · Maiduguri (1) · explosions (1) · witnesses (1)
📖 Key Information
Boko Haram, officially known as Jama'at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da'wa wa al-Jihad (JAS, Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, romanised: Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad') and sometimes referred to as its state name Daular Musulunci, is a self-proclaimed jihadist militant group based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. In 2016, the group split, resulting in the emergence of a hostile faction known as the Islamic State's West Africa Province.
Founded by Mohammed Yusuf in 2002, the group was led by Abubakar Shekau from 2009 until his death in 2021, although it splintered into other groups after Yusuf's death in 2009, as well as in 2015.
📰 Related News (2)
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🇺🇸 At Least 23 Killed in Nigeria as Insurgent Attacks Go On Despite U.S. HelpA teaching hospital and two markets in the city of Maiduguri were hit in what a military spokesman said were suicide bombings by Boko Haram....
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🇺🇸 Many killed, wounded after blasts hit Nigeria’s Maiduguri, witnesses say
Police deploy explosives' clearance teams to three sites following suspected suicide attacks in the northeastern city....
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