Boko Haram
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Boko Haram, mā chū-chheng sī I-su-lân Kok Sai Hui-chiu Séng (A-lá-pek-gí: الولاية الإسلامية غرب أفريقيا al-Wilāyat al-Islāmiyya Gharb Afrīqiyyah), sī chi̍t cho͘ I-su-lân ke̍k-toan-chú-gī thoân-thé. In chú-iàu tī Nigeria kap Chad, Niger, Cameroon téng kok oa̍h-tāng.[7]
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Boko Haram | |
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جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad | |
Founder | Mohammed Yusuf † |
Leaders |
Abubakar Shekau † Abu Musab al-Barnawi |
Dates of operation | 2002–present |
Headquarters | |
Active regions | Northeast Nigeria, Northern Cameroon, Niger, Chad, Mali |
Ideology |
Salafist Jihadism Wahhabism |
Size |
At least 15,000 (Amnesty International claimed, January 2015)[4] 20,000 (Chad claimed, March 2015)[5] 4,000–6,000 (United States claimed, February 2015)[6] |
Allies | Pang-bô͘:Country data Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2014–2016) |
Opponents | |
Battles and wars |
Boko Haram insurgency
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Designated as a terrorist group by | See section |
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