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Six soldiers and 34 Boko Haram gunmen are killed during a shootout in Borno State, Nigeria.
2025-01-5

Hundreds of residents flee and government forces withdraw after the town of Marte in Borno State, Nigeria, is captured by Islamic State – West Africa Province militants. The military says it "tactically withdrew" troops, while confirming the town is under insurgent control.
2021-01-16

Boko Haram jihadists storm a village near Gamboru, Borno State, Nigeria, killing three people and kidnapping more than 40 others. It is the second mass abduction by the Islamist group this month.
2020-12-27

Boko Haram jihadists attack a farm in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria, killing at least 43 people. The massacre reportedly occurred during the morning, when most workers were harvesting rice.
2020-11-28

Fifteen security personnel are killed when Boko Haram ambush a convoy of vehicles in which government officials were driven in Borno State, Nigeria.
2020-09-25

ISWAP kills over 20 soldiers and 40 civilians in attacks in Monguno and Nganzai in Borno, Nigeria – four days after they killed 82 civilians in Gubio.
2020-06-13

Boko Haram kills 70 troops in an ambush in Borno, northeastern Nigeria.
2020-03-23

Boko Haram insurgents ambush an oil exploration team in the Magumeri area of Borno State, Nigeria, killing at least 69 people.
2017-07-30

Nigerian officials report, as a result of negotiations, Boko Haram has released an estimated 82 schoolgirls who were among about 220 kidnapped from a secondary school in Chibok in Borno State in April 2014.
2017-05-6

Fighting in various remote villages in the Borno State of Nigeria kill at least one civilian and six Boko Haram militants. According to the Nigerian Army, they've rescued more than 5,000 hostages from the militants.
2016-06-26