They haven’t been covered much in the foreign mainstream media butBoko Haram have been terrorising Africans with devastating, widespread and long-lastingconsequences.
Responsible for more deaths than ISIS.
According to the Global Terrorism Report,. It shouldbe noted that in March this year, they pledged allegiance to ISIS. The two groups are
Who are they?
Boko Haram promotes a version of Islam which makes it “haram”, or forbidden, for Muslims to take part in any political or social activity associated with Western society.
This includes voting in elections, wearing shirts and trousers or receiving a secular education.
Boko Haram regards the Nigerian state as being run by non-believers, even when the country had a Muslim president – and it has extended its military campaign by targeting neighbouring states.
800,000 people have fled their homes since June.
Since the beginning of Boko Haram’s attacks in 2009, 2.1 million people have been forced to leave their homes with
An estimated 1,100 schools have been destroyed this year alone.
The UN have stated that over a thousand schools have been destroyed in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria in 2015 so far.
This is a list of their major attacks so far in 2015:
Although the figures of deathsare numerical, please remember that these are people who had jobs, lives, families, dreams, hobbies, just like you. They are more than numbers on a screen.January 3 – 7th:as many as 2,000 people having been killed.January 9th:Following the Boko Haram massacre,
January 18th:Boko Haram militants
January 28th:Boko Haram fighters
February 15th:A suicide bomber
February 20th: Boko Haram militantskill 34 peoplein attacks across Borno Stateand.
February 24th: Two suicide bomberskillMarch 7th: Five suicideMarch 18th:March 29th:Voting in the Nigerian general election is delayed for a second day.
June 12th:Several days of nighttime
June 16th:killed 24 people and wounded more than 100.June 17th:June 23rd:in Maidugurikill 30 people.June 28th:June 30th:leaving 48 men dead.July 1st:kills 97 peoplein Kukawa.
July 2nd:killing at least 10 peopleJuly 3rd:July 3rd:Several suicide bomberskilled dozens of peoplein Zabarmari village.
July 7th:July 11th: At least 14 people were killed in aJuly 17th:Suicide bombs havekilled more than 60 peopleJuly 22nd:July 25th:Akilling 34 and wounding over 100 peopleAug 2nd: 13 people killed and 27 injured inAug 3rd:Eight people were killed and about 100 others were kidnappedinAug 5th:Aug 7th:
Aug 11th:killed about 50 people.Aug 17th:killing 7 peopleAug 18th:Up to 150 people drowned in a river or were shot deadAug 23rd: ArAug 25th: Extremistskilled 28 people duringAug 30th:Sept 1st:Sept 3rd:Militantskilled about 30 people and wounded 145 others inSept 20th: More than 100 people were killed in northern Nigeria inSept 24th:15 people killedin
Sept 27th:Sept 27th:killingthevillage head and 14 other civilians.Oct 1st:Oct 3rd:Oct 4th:Oct 6th:Oct 10:Oct 6th:Oct 7th:Oct 22nd:Oct 23rd:Oct 28th:Oct 29th:Nov 8th:Nov 11th:Nov 12th:Nov 17th:
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