Over half of the escaped inmates are caught by the end of the week
Belligerents
Nigeria
ISWAP Ansaru
Strength
65 prison guards and soldiers
~100
Casualties and losses
1 killed 3+ injured
4 killed 13+ injured
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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
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