Boko Haram

Boko Haram, referred tae bi themselves as Wilāyat Gharb Ifrīqīyyah (Arabic: الولاية الإسلامية غرب أفريقيا‎, (Islamic State Wast Africae Province, ISWAP),^[9] an Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد‎, "Group o the Fowk o Sunnah for Preachin an Jihad"),^[10] is an Islamic extremist group based in northeastren Nigerie, an aa active in Chad, Niger an northren Cameroon.^[4]

Boko Haram
الولاية الإسلامية غرب أفريقيا Wast Africae Province جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد Group o the Fowk o Sunnah for Preachin an Jihad Pairteecipant in the Islamist insurgency in Wast Africae an the War on Terror
Tap: The Black Staundart o ISIL, which wis adopted bi Boko Haram in 2015 Bottom: Logo o Boko Haram till 2015
Active	2002–present
Ideology	Wahhabism Salafism Islamic fundamentalism
Leaders	Abubakar Shekau (current leader) Mohammed Yusuf † (foonder)
Heidquarters	Gwoza, Borno, Nigerie (till Mairch 2015)[1] Sambisa Forest, Borno, Nigerie (Mairch 2015–present)[1][2] Marte, Borno, Nigerie (Aprile–September 2015)[2][3]
Aurie o operations	Northeast Nigerie, Northren Cameroon, Niger, Chad
Pairt o	Islamic State o Iraq an the Levant
Becam	Wilayat Gharb Afriqiya (ISWAP)
Opponents	Nigerie  Cameroon[4][5][6][7]  Niger[4][5][6][7]  Chad[4][8]  Benin (annoonced)[5][6][7]