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Boko Haram militants raid and burn the village of Kadjigoroum, Chad, killing nine civilians.
2021-09-21

Boko Haram jihadists raid the town of Diffa, killing four civilians and four soldiers. Six attackers are killed by responding security forces.
2021-05-30

Nigerian intelligence officials say that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has either been killed or critically injured after detonating explosives in his house to avoid capture from the rival IS–West African Province faction. Several other Boko Haram members are also killed in the attack. However, no secondary sources have confirmed Shekau's death.
2021-05-20

The United States State Department imposes sanctions on the Equipment Development Department, an agency within the military of China, for purchasing Sukhoi Su-35 fighters and S-400 missile system equipment through Rosoboronexport, Russia's main arms export agency.
2018-09-20

Boko Haram militants attack the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers. At least 30 people are reportedly killed.
2015-12-27

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 14 civilians in the southeast Diffa Region of Niger near the Nigerian border. The Nigerien government recently approved a law prolonging a 15-day state of emergency for the Diffa region by three months in a bid to boost security.
2015-10-28

A cholera outbreak kills at least 16 people in three camps for displaced people fleeing Boko Haram in Nigeria. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20150916-cholera-kills-16-boko-haram-displaced-camps-ne-nigeria-msf?ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=editorial&aef_campaign_ref=partage_aef&aef_campaign_date=2015-09-16&dlvrit=66745 (France 24)]date=August 2019
2015-09-16

Over 42 people are shot dead by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in two attacks on villages in Nigeria's Borno state.
2015-06-24

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claims responsibility for the attack on the town of Baga, Nigeria in which an unknown number of civilians were killed.
2015-01-20

Gunmen from the Islamist group Boko Haram kill 27 villagers in two attacks in Nigeria's restive northeast.
2013-09-28