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May 5, 2021

Nigeria
Measuring Boko Haram's Impact on State Security Services

This post analyzes Nigeria Security Tracker (NST) data on state security service casualties as a result of the Boko Haram conflict. The tracker shows deaths of security services in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.

Several Nigerien soldiers are seen seated on a truck wearing military gear.

December 15, 2020

Local and Traditional Leadership
Nigeria Schoolboy Kidnapping Likely Criminal, Not Boko Haram

The kidnapping of hundreds of schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, located in Nigeria's northwestern Katsina state, recalls Boko Haram's 2014 kidnapping of Chibok schoolgirls.

A group of parents are seen gathered outside of a school in northern Nigeria. Many are wearing traditional Islamic dress. Some parents are sitting, others standing.

April 17, 2019

Nigeria
Boko Haram Evolves and Persists in Northeast Nigeria

The Shekau and al-Barnawi factions of Boko Haram continue to evolve and even grow. Changes in leadership and tactics raise questions about the extent of their affiliation with IS and overall stability, but they also indicate that the movement is far from defeated.

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July 16, 2020

Nigeria
Mixed Results in Evaluation of Multinational Effort Against Boko Haram

International Crisis Group has issued a thoughtful evaluation of the effort by Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, and Niger to coordinate their efforts against Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin. The instrument is the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF).

Four heads of state pose for a photo. From left to right, the president of Niger in a white Nigerien boo boo (long robe) with a maroon cap. The president of Benin in a royal blue suit with a salmon tie and white shirt. The president of Chad in a dark green tunic with a cap, and the president of Nigeria in a powder blue boubous (billowy robe), with a green embroidered cap.

August 5, 2020

Nigeria
Borno Governor Survives Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria

On July 29, Boko Haram operatives attacked a convoy with Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, near the town of Baga. According to media reports, the governor was unharmed, but there were casualties in his entourage.

Nigerian man, the governor of Borno State, speaks into microphone wearing green traditional clothing