May 2014 Buni Yadi Attack
The May 2014 Buni Yadi attack was a terrorist attack that occurred on 27 May 2014 in the town of Buni Yadi, Yobe State, Nigeria."24 personnel feared killed as Boko Haram attacks military,police base"
''Nigerian Monitor'', Wednesday, 28 May 2014. Some 49 security personnel (soldiers and police) and 9 civilians were killed."Soldiers, Police Killed In Boko ‘Revenge’ 4 Hours Terror In Yobe, Borno"
NewsRescue, Wednesday, 28 May 2014. The attack was ...
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Islamist Insurgency In Nigeria
The Boko Haram insurgency began in July 2009, when the militant Islamist and jihadist rebel group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria. The conflict is taking place within the context of long-standing issues of religious violence between Nigeria's Muslim and Christian communities, and the insurgents' ultimate aim is to establish an Islamic state in the region. Boko Haram's initial uprising failed, and its leader Mohammed Yusuf was killed by the Nigerian government. He began the group in the year 2002, with a view of opposing western education with his followers. He was arrested at his parent's inlaws house by the Nigerian Military and subsequently handed over to the Nigerian police. He was survived by four wives and 12 children one of which was Abu Musab al-Barnawi who in the year 2016 wanted to lead the group. The movement consequently fractured into autonomous groups and started an insurgency, though rebel commander Abubakar Shekau ma ...
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