Boko Haram insurgency

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Islamist insurgency armed conflict insurgency

The Boko Haram insurgency is a prolonged Islamist militant campaign in and around northeastern Nigeria marked by mass violence, abductions, and displacement of civilians.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Abuja bombings 1
Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist insurgency ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
cause religious extremism ⓘ
security force abuses in northern Nigeria ⓘ
socioeconomic marginalization in northern Nigeria ⓘ
state corruption in Nigeria ⓘ
characterizedBy abductions ⓘ
attacks on churches ⓘ
attacks on mosques ⓘ
attacks on schools ⓘ
mass displacement of civilians ⓘ
mass violence against civilians ⓘ
suicide bombings ⓘ
use of child soldiers ⓘ
village raids ⓘ
conflictType asymmetric warfare ⓘ
deathTollEstimate tens of thousands of people killed ⓘ
displacedPersons millions of internally displaced persons in Nigeria ⓘ
goalOfInsurgents establishment of an Islamic state in northern Nigeria ⓘ
implementation of strict sharia law ⓘ
hasParticipant Goodluck Jonathan ⓘ
Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ
humanRightsConcern crimes against humanity ⓘ
forced marriage ⓘ
gender-based violence ⓘ
sexual slavery ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
ideology Islamism ⓘ
Salafi jihadism ⓘ
location Adamawa State ⓘ
Borno State ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Lake Chad basin ⓘ
surface form: Lake Chad Basin

Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Yobe State ⓘ
northeastern Nigeria ⓘ
mainBelligerent Boko Haram ⓘ
Civilian Joint Task Force ⓘ
Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ
Multinational Joint Task Force ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian Armed Forces

Government of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian government
mediaCoverage global news coverage ⓘ
notableEvent Boko Haram insurgency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abuja bombings

Baga massacre ⓘ
Bama massacre ⓘ
Boko Haram insurgency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping

Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping ⓘ
Gwoza capture by Boko Haram ⓘ
Mubi bombings ⓘ
Nyanya bombings ⓘ
opposedBy African Union ⓘ
France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
relatedConflict Fulani herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria ⓘ
relatedOrganization Boko Haram ⓘ
Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ
religiousAspect Sunni Islam ⓘ
startTime 2009 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borno State → hasSecurityIssue → Boko Haram insurgency ⓘ
Maiduguri → hasSecurityIssue → Boko Haram insurgency ⓘ
Northern Nigeria → hasSecurityIssue → Boko Haram insurgency ⓘ
North East Nigeria → knownFor → Boko Haram insurgency ⓘ
Boko Haram insurgency → notableEvent → Boko Haram insurgency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping
Boko Haram insurgency → notableEvent → Boko Haram insurgency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abuja bombings