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Damasak
Damasak is the head town of the Mobbar Local Government Area, in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno. It is located near the confluence of the Yobe River and Komadugu Gana River,Mortimore, MichaelAdapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines, and Desertification in West Africa p. 244 (1989)(note 3 notes that the Komadugu Gana joins the Yobe at Damasak) adjoining the border with Niger. Two primary roads reach Damasak. One heads south to Gubio and Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, and the other heads east towards Kukawa and Baga. In recent years, advancing desertification in northern Nigeria has affected Damasak.Murray, Senan (23 January 2007)Nigerian houses swallowed by sand ''BBC News'' History According to legend, the town was founded by Kamkama Modu, a Karde from Bagirmi.Lange, Dierk.A Sudanic Chronicle: The Borno Expeditions of Idris Alauma (1564-1576) According to the Account of Ahmad b. Furtu p. 44, 120-21 (1987) Damasak was a stronghold of the Sao civilisation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damasak Massacre
The Damasak massacre was a series of massacres and mass execution committed by Boko Haram in the city of Damasak, Nigeria. Attack On 24 November 2014, Boko Haram invaded and captured the city of Damasak, Nigeria in retaliation for civilians joining self-defense groups. The inhabitants of the city fled the advancing Boko haram jihadists. About 3,000 civilians left the city and fled to neighboring Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesYobe River bordering the two countries on the boat, many civilians died attempting to swim across the Yobe river. Boko Haram started hunting down people fleeing the city and killing them, by the end of the attack esti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Damasak
Battle of Damasak took place on the 18 March 2015 when Nigerien and Chadian armies attacked Boko Haram the Nigerian town of Damasak. Boko Haram was pushed out of the town after less than a day of heavy fighting. Damasak Damasak is the head town of the Mobbar Local Government Area, in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno. It is located near the confluence of the Yobe River and Komadugu Gana River,Mortimore, MichaelAdapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines, and ... was captured on the 24th of November 2014 by Boko Haram and was under their control until this battle. By the time the town was recaptured it had been mostly deserted..The civilians who remained were too old or too sick to leave. After the battle Chadian soldiers set up camps outside of the town and two Chadian helicopters arrived with supplies. On 20 March, two days after the battle, Nigerien and Chadian soldiers discovered a mass grave of over 90 people under the bridge in the outskirts of the city. Civilian bod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damasak Kidnapping
In March 2015, several children were kidnapped by Boko Haram, apparently during the months-long occupation of the town of Damasak Damasak is the head town of the Mobbar Local Government Area, in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno. It is located near the confluence of the Yobe River and Komadugu Gana River,Mortimore, MichaelAdapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines, an ... by the group. The Jonathan government was accused of ignoring this incident. Years later the victims were still unaccounted for. Notes References {{Nigeria-hist-stub Boko Haram kidnappings Kidnappings in Nigeria Kidnapped Nigerian children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boko Haram
Boko Haram, officially known as ''Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād'' ( ar, جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit=Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad), is an Islamic terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, which is also active in Chad, Niger, and northern Cameroon. In 2016, the group split, resulting in the emergence of a hostile faction known as the Islamic State's West Africa Province. Founded by Mohammed Yusuf in 2002, the group was led by Abubakar Shekau from 2009 until his death in 2021, although it splintered into other groups after Yusuf's death and also in 2015. When the group was first formed, their main goal was to "purify" Islam in northern Nigeria, believing jihad should be delayed until the group was strong enough to overthrow the Nigerian government. The group formerly aligned itself with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The group has been known for its brutality, and since the insurge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komadugu Gana River
The Komadugu Gana River or Misau River is a river in the Chad Basin in northeastern Nigeria that joins the Yobe River at Damasak, in the Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State.Mortimore, MichaelAdapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines, and Desertification in West Africa p. 244 (1989)(note 3 notes that the Komadugu Gana joins the Yobe at Damasak) It rises north of Bauchi.Oyebande, LekanStreamflow regime change and the ecological response in the Lake Chad basin in Nigeria in ''Hydro-ecology: Linking Hydrology and Aquatic Ecology'' , p. 101, 104 (2001) (Acreman, M.C., ed.) According to a 2011 report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the water flow of the river no longer reaches the Yobe.Komadugu Yobe Basin,upstream of Lake Chad, Nigeria, WANI Case Study IUCN, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobbar
Mobbar is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Damasak. It has an area of 2,790 km and a population of 116,654 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 602. It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate The Borno Emirate or Borno Sultanate is a traditional Nigerian state formed at the start of the 20th century. It is headed by descendants of the rulers of the Bornu Empire, founded before 1000. The rulers have the title Shehu of Borno (var. Shehu ..., a traditional state located in Borno State, Nigeria. Business: Mobbar shares boundaries with the republic of Niger, as a result most agricultural commodities such as fish, pepper and tomato are exported through her border. Tourism: The san-san dunes is situated in the outskirts of the local government which will be an amazing site of tourism if further developed. Politics: Mobbar is a birthplace to prominent leaders and politicians among the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yobe River
The Yobe River, also known as the Komadougou Yobe or the Komadougou-Yobe (french: Komadougou Yobé), is a river in West Africa that flows into Lake Chad through Nigeria and Niger. Its tributaries include the Hadejia River, the Jama'are River, and the Komadugu Gana River. The river forms a small part of the international border between Niger and Nigeria. There are concerns about changes in the river flow, economy and ecology due to upstream dams, the largest at present being the Tiga Dam in Kano State, with plans being discussed for the Kafin Zaki Dam in Bauchi State. Notable towns near the river include Gashua, Geidam, and Damasak Damasak is the head town of the Mobbar Local Government Area, in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno. It is located near the confluence of the Yobe River and Komadugu Gana River,Mortimore, MichaelAdapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines, and ... in Nigeria, and Diffa in Niger. See also * Yobe State * Hadejia-Nguru wetlands Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gubio
Gubio, also Gobiyo, is a Local Government Area of Borno State, in northeastern Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Gubio. It has an area of 2,464 km and a population of 152,778 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 602. The primary road through Gubio runs north towards Damasak and south towards Maiduguri. Gubio is about 60 miles from each of those two settlements. It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate, a traditional state located in Borno State, Nigeria. Massacre On 9 June 2020, a group of gunmen killed 81 people in a massacre. The killers are believed to be from the jihadist group Boko Haram, whose insurgency An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion against authority waged by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare from primarily rural base areas. The key descriptive feature of insurgency is its asymmetric nature: small irr ... began in 2009. References {{LGAs of Borno State Local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Baguirmi
The Sultanate or Kingdom of Bagirmi or Baghermi (french: Royaume du Baguirmi) was a kingdom and Islamic sultanate southeast of Lake Chad in central Africa. It was founded in either 1480 or 1522 and lasted until 1897, when it became a French protectorate. Its capital was Massenya, north of the Chari River and close to the border to modern Cameroon. The kings wore the title ''Mbang''. History The Bagirmi carried a tradition that they migrated from far to the east, which is supported by the resemblance of their language to various tribes on the White Nile. It is not entirely clear when or by whom the Bagirimi kingdom was founded: some king lists trace this event to 1480, when it was supposedly founded by Mbang Abd al-Mahmud Begli, while others deem Mbang Birni Besse responsible, who is said to have founded the kingdom in 1522. He seems to have displaced the earlier Bulala, while he also began to build a palace in Massenya, the capital of the state. The fourth king, Abdullah (1568 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Barth
Johann Heinrich Barth (; ; 16 February 1821 – 25 November 1865) was a German explorer of Africa and scholar. Barth is thought to be one of the greatest of the European explorers of Africa, as his scholarly preparation, ability to speak and write Arabic, learning African languages, and character meant that he carefully documented the details of the cultures he visited. He was among the first to comprehend the uses of oral history of peoples, and collected many. He established friendships with African rulers and scholars during his five years of travel (1850–1855). After the deaths of two European companions, he completed his travels with the aid of Africans. Afterwards, he wrote and published a five-volume account of his travels in both English and German. It has been invaluable for scholars of his time and since. Early life and education Heinrich Barth was born in Hamburg on 16 February 1821. He was the third child of Johann Christoph Heinrich Barth and his wife Charlotte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Connah
Graham Edward Connah (born 11 August 1934) is a British-born archaeologist who has worked extensively in Britain, West Africa and Australia. Connah was born in Cheshire, UK on 11 August 1934, and educated at Wirral Grammar School, and Cambridge University, receiving a PhD in 1959, after which he was a research assistant until 1961. Among his influences were David Clarke and Paul Ashby. In 1961 he obtained a position as archaeologist in the Department of Antiquities, with the Federal Government of Nigeria followed by research fellow, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 1964, then senior research fellow, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan in 1968 and senior lecturer, Department of Archaeology, University of Ibadan in 1970. In the following year he moved to Australia to take on a position at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW, as lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History. He became the head of the Department of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibn Furtu
Ahmad bin Furtu or Ibn Furtu (sometimes also called Ibn Fartuwa) was the sixteenth century grand Imam of the Bornu Empire and the chronicler of ''Mai'' Idris Alooma (1564–1596). He wrote two chronicles in Arabic, ''K. ghazawat Barnu'' ("The Book of the Bornu Wars") in 1576 and ''K. ghazawat Kanei'' ("The Book of the Kanem Wars") in 1578. The first book describes in geographical order the military expeditions of ''Mai'' Idris Alooma: 1. against the Sao-Gafata in the region of the Komadugu Yobe; 2. against the town of Amsaka south of Lake Chad; 3. against the town of Kano west of Bornu; 4. against the Tuareg of Aïr; 5. against the Margi people and against Mandara south of Lake Chad; 6. against the Ngizim west of Bornu and 7. against the Sao-Tatala at the edge of Lake Chad and against some towns of the Kotoko. Except a few details on the military achievements of the five predecessors of Idris Alooma he focusses his attention on the expeditions of his Sultan during the first t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
