Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād[24] (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad '), [25] is a self-proclaimed jihadist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [13] .

Apr 27, 2021 · Boko Haram fighters have reportedly hoisted the Islamist group’s flag in a remote district in Niger State, Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, and seized the wives of fleeing residents, the state ...

Jan 13, 2025 · Boko Haram, Islamic sectarian movement, founded in 2002 by Mohammed Yusuf in northeastern Nigeria, that since 2009 has carried out assassinations and large-scale acts of violence in that country.

Dec 7, 2018 · Boko Haram is a secessionist, Salafist movement, established in Miaduguri (north-eastern Nigeria) in 2002 by the preacher Mohammed Yusuf (1970-2009). Originally presented as a religious sect, Boko Haram initiated an armed insurrection in July 2009 during which Yusuk was killed by Nigerian troops.

May 13, 2014 · Boko Haram translates from the local Hausa language to mean "Western education is a sin", according to most media reports. But a few voices of doubt have been raised. How could two words convey...

The jihadist flag is a flag commonly used by various Islamist and Islamic fundamentalist movements as a symbol of jihad. It usually consists of the Black Standard with a white text of the Shahada (Islamic declaration of faith) emblazoned across it in Arabic calligraphy.

Aug 22, 2024 · IN SHORT: In 2017, the Nigerian army forced Boko Haram militants out of their forest enclave. Then Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai presented the president with the Boko Haram flag as a sign of victory over the group's insurgency. Online posts claiming that Buratai and former president Muhammadu Buhari waved the flag in support are misleading.

It used to be part of the Islamic State But split off, resulting in the Islamic state to create ISWAP. The group was formed in Maiduguri, Borno State, in 2002. Its insurgency began in 2009. They follow an extreme version of Sunni Islam. Local residents …

Nov 18, 2015 · Boko Haram, which was founded in 2002 as an Islamist movement against Western education and morphed into an armed insurgency in 2009, has rapidly expanded its …

Boko Haram, which aims to expel Western influence and create a Salafi-Islamist state in its area of operations, has killed an estimated 50,000 people and displaced more than 2.5 million people since it was established in 2002.