The Boko Haram insurgency began in 2009, when the jihadist rebel group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria. In 2013, more than 1,000 died in the conflict. The violence escalated dramatically in 2014, with 10,849 deaths. The insurgency has since spread to Cameroon, Chad, and Niger thus becoming a major regional conflict.The insurgency takes place within the context of long-standing issues of religious violence between Nigeria's Muslim and Christian communities.
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| - The Boko Haram insurgency began in 2009, when the jihadist rebel group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria. In 2013, more than 1,000 died in the conflict. The violence escalated dramatically in 2014, with 10,849 deaths. The insurgency has since spread to Cameroon, Chad, and Niger thus becoming a major regional conflict.The insurgency takes place within the context of long-standing issues of religious violence between Nigeria's Muslim and Christian communities.
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- *Boko Haram
- Ansaru
- Foreign mercenaries
- Multinational Joint Task Force
- Vigilante groups
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- *SpilloverintoCameroon(since 2012) andintoNigerandChad(since 2015)
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| - 20,000 soldiers
- African Union:
- 8,700
- *Boko Haram:
- 130,000 Active frontline personnel and
- 32,000 Active reserve personnel
- 371,800 officers
- 7,000–10,000
- Cameroonian Armed Forces:
- ISIL:
- Nigeria Police Force:
- Nigerian Army:
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