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Conflict Africa

Boko Haram Insurgency

2009 CE – 2026 CE · 17 years

A jihadist insurgency in northeastern Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin led by Boko Haram and its rival faction ISWAP. In 2025-2026, ISWAP launched coordinated multi-axis attacks on Nigerian military bases, demonstrating rebuilt command-and-control capability.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Nigeria & Multinational Joint Task Force
  • Boko Haram & ISWAP

Key moments

Defining events in the Boko Haram Insurgency.

  1. 2014 Chibok Schoolgirl Kidnapping
  2. 2015 Battle of Baga
  3. 2025 Mallam Karamti Massacre
  4. 2025 Lake Chad Naval Clashes

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2009 CE and 2026 CE.

2011 CE Libyan Civil Wars 2011 CE First Libyan Civil War 2012 CE Sahel Jihadist Insurgency 2012 CE Central African Republic Civil War 2012 CE Northern Mali Conflict (Tuareg Rebellion)

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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