Boko Haram's territorial control prior to the offensive.
Date
23 January – 24 December 2015 (11 months and 1 day)
Location
Northeast Nigeria, Northern Cameroon, Southeast Niger, Western Chad[8]
Result
Multinational Joint Task Force victory
Boko Haram militants retreat to the Sambisa Forest
Belligerents
Multinational Joint Task Force
Nigeria
Cameroon[1]
Chad[2]
Niger[3]
Local militias[4]
STTEP (foreign mercenaries)[5][6]
ISIL
Wilayat Gharb Afriqiya (from March 2015)[7]
Boko Haram (until March 2015)
Commanders and leaders
Muhammadu Buhari (from May 2015) Goodluck Jonathan (until May 2015) Kashim Shettima Isa Yuguda (until May 2015) Lamidi Adeosun Eeben Barlow[5] Paul Biya Idriss Déby
Mahamadou Issoufou
Abubakar Shekau
Abu Musab al-Barnawi
Strength
Nigerian Army: 130,000 active frontline personnel;
32,000 active reserve personnel
Nigeria Police Force: 371,800 officers
Multinational Joint Task Force: 7,500 active personnel[9] (excluding Cameroon and Nigeria)
Cameroonian Armed Forces: 20,000 active personnel
300 advisers[10][11]
ISIL: 7,000–10,000[12]
v
t
e
Boko Haram insurgency
Boko Haram
Timeline
Military operations
2009 uprising
2011 clashes
Sokoto
Damboa
Chibok
Konduga (2014)
Cameroon
Kolofata
W Africa
Niger (2015)
Konduga (2015)
Damasak
Niger (2016)
Rann
Diffa
Chad Basin
Darak
Boma's Wrath
Garin Giwa
Geidam
Sambisa Forest (2021)
Kwatar Daban Masara
Toumbun Allura Karnawa and Toumbun Gini
Terrorist attacks and massacres
2010
Bauchi
Jos & Maiduguri
Abuja
2011
Bauchi, Maiduguri, Zaria & Zuba
Abuja police HQ
Abuja UN
Damaturu, Kaduna & Maiduguri
Damaturu, Gadaka, Jos & Madalla
2012
Gombi, Mubi, Maiduguri & Yola
Kaduna (Apr)
Damaturu
Kaduna (Jun)
Okene
Mubi
Maiduguri & Potiskum
2013
Kano
Baga
Mamudo
Konduga
Benisheik
Gujba
2014
Maiduguri (Jan)
Chakawa & Kawuri
Kawuri
Konduga massacre
Lake Chad
Izghe
Buni Yadi (Feb)
Abuja DSS
Nyanya (Apr)
Chibok
Nyanya (May)
Gamboru & Ngala
Jos
Buni Yadi (May)
Mubi
Gwoza
Borno
Kaduna & Abuja
Wuse
Maiduguri (Jul)
Damboa
Kogi
Potiskum
School bombing
Maiduguri (Nov)
Damasak
Kano
Gumsuri
Gombe
2015
Malari
Cameroon bus
Baga
Maiduguri (Jan)
Fotokol massacre
Damaturu, Potiskum & Kano
Maiduguri (Mar)
Damasak
N'Djamena
Monguno (Jun)
Borno (30 Jun & 1 Jul)
Potiskum, Jos & Borno
Fotokol bombings
Gombe
Maiduguri & Monguno
Baga Sola
Yola
Chad (Dec)
2016
Bodo
Dalori
Dikwa
Maiduguri (Mar)
Borno (Apr)
Lake Chad
Adamawa
Cameroon
Kuda
Maiduguri (Oct)
Madagali
2017
Maiduguri
Mubi
2018
Konduga
Dapchi
Mubi
2019
Konduga
Nganzai
2020
Gamboru
Toumour
Lake Chad & Borno
Gubio
Monguno and Nganzai
Nguetchewe
Kouyape
Koshebe
Pemi
2021
Maiduguri
Mainok
2022
Kuje
Ngouboua
Starting in late January 2015, a coalition of West African troops launched an offensive against the Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria.
^Faced with Boko Haram, Cameroon weighs death penalty for terrorism. By Tansa Musa, Reuters. YAOUNDE Wed Dec 3, 2014 9:56am EST.
^Chad armoured column heads for Cameroon to fight Boko Haram. AFP for Yahoo! News, January 16, 2015 4:54 PM.
^West Africa leaders vow to wage 'total war' on Boko Haram By John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau. 17 May 2014 2:19 PM.
^"Vigilantes Settle Local Scores With Boko Haram". Voice of America. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
^ abColin Freeman (10 May 2015). "South African mercenaries' secret war on Boko Haram". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
^Adama Nossiter (12 March 2015). "Mercenaries Join Nigeria's Military Campaign Against Boko Haram". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
^"Boko Haram swears formal allegiance to ISIS". Fox News. Associated Press. March 8, 2015. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
^The Christian Science Monitor. "Boko Haram escalates battle with bold move into Chad (+video)". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
^The African Union Readies an Army to Fight Boko Haram, Medium.com.
^"Obama to deploy 300 US troops to Cameroon to fight Boko Haram | World news". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^"US troops deployed to Cameroon for Boko Haram fight". Al Jazeera English. 2015-10-14. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^"How Big Is Boko Haram?". 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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