Boko Haram
Boko Haram is a Nigerian Islamist terrorist organization active in northeastern Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin. The provided content states that the group has entrenched itself in remote areas cut off from most government services and has used anger over civilian casualties to recruit fighters. It is linked in the content to coordinated attacks in the Lake Chad Basin involving abductions of girls from schools, forced conversions, and coercing children into combat roles. The abduction of the Chibok girls is specifically cited as a global symbol of Boko Haram’s violence against families and children. The content also references Boko Haram as an example of a group using systematic family-targeted violence, including abduction, separation, and psychological terror. Nigeria’s courts are reported to have sentenced 386 defendants tied to Boko Haram and ISWAP to prison terms ranging from five years to life. Known alias in the provided content: boko_haram.
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Targeting
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Who they target
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- Government & Administration
- Military
Where they target
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- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
Where they're from
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- NG
Tradecraft
1 distinct technique observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
Recent activity
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Militant group in northeastern Nigeria leveraging civilian harm and weak governance to recruit and sustain operations from remote safe havens.
Militant Islamist group discussed in the context of terrorism-related convictions in Nigeria and ongoing security risk affecting investors and projects.
Coordinated attacks in the Lake Chad Basin focused on tearing apart families through schoolgirl abductions, forced conversions, coercion of children into combat roles, and exploitation of familial bonds for terror and control.
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