Children's rights. According to a united nations report released in june, boko haram affiliated groups and splinter factions, including iswap, abducted at least 211 children and recruited at least 63 children, including 54 girls, between january and december 2021.

One of boko haram's deadliest attacks occurred on january 20, 2012, when more than 185 people lost their lives after group members launched coordinated attacks in the city of kano, in kano state, targeting police stations and government offices.

Boko haram operates out of maiduguri, the capital city of borno state in northeast nigeria bordered by chad, cameroon, and niger.

Boko haram, a violent islamist insurgency, has terrorized communities around west africa's lake chad basin for years — creating new hardships and compounding existing ones for millions of people in northeast nigeria, cameroon, chad and niger, many of them still displaced and struggling to survive.

Boko haram's initial uprising failed, and its leader mohammed yusuf was killed by the nigerian government. He began the group in the year 2002, with a view of opposing western education with his followers.

Boko haram has conducted operations and several attacks in the areas of cameroon, chad and the niger that border northern nigeria.

Boko haram depends, for most of its funding, on such proceeds of crime as kidnapping for ransom, bank robbery, and the payment of 'protection fees' by individuals and state governments.

Most attacks are conducted by boko haram or islamic state west africa (iswa) and occur in borno, yobe and adamawa states in the north east. There have also been significant attacks in other states, including in gombe, kano, kaduna, plateau, bauchi and taraba states.

Armed groups, including boko haram and iswap, continued to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity in north east nigeria, killing and abducting civilians, looting property, and committing rape and other sexual violence against women and girls.

The nigerian navy says it is re-equipping its operational headquarters in baga town of , looted by boko haram. The baga naval base was dislodged in december 2018 after a fierce battle with the boko haram insurgents.