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Eleven people are killed and several more are kidnapped as Boko Haram gunmen open fire against farmers working in their fields in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria.
2023-11-5

Ten Chadian soldiers are killed and many others injured in an attack by Boko Haram in Lac Region, Chad.
2022-11-22

Boko Haram raid the town of Geidam, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 12 people. Several buildings are destroyed, including a school.
2022-04-21

Hundreds of Boko Haram militants attack a military post in Diffa, Niger, killing 16 soldiers and wounding nine others. In the ensuing gun battle, around 50 Islamist insurgents were killed.
2021-08-25

ISWAP releases a video showing the execution of five kidnapped aid workers in Nigeria. The International Rescue Committee and Action Against Hunger confirmed the authenticity of the video and condemned the killings of their colleagues.
2020-07-22

Boko Haram releases most of the 110 Nigerian schoolgirls it had kidnapped in February 2018, and warns against sending them back to school.
2018-03-21

President Muhammadu Buhari announces that the Nigerian Armed Forces have successfully driven out Boko Haram militants from their last stronghold in the Sambisa Forest in northeastern Nigeria.
2016-12-24

The United Nations and Nigeria come to an agreement to release 876 children being held due to suspicions that they are tied to Boko Haram.
2016-10-30

Boko Haram militants attack a funeral in the village of Kuda in the Adamawa State of Nigeria, killing 18 women, with more reportedly still missing.
2016-06-17

The U.S. is to deploy 300 troops to Cameroon as part of a stepped-up effort to counter Boko Haram in the region.
2015-10-14