Boko Haram ("Western education is forbidden"), officially called Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal-Jihad ("People Committed to the Prophet's Teachings for Propagation and Jihad"), is a militant movement based in northeast Nigeria with additional activities in Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
Boko Haram killed more than 5,000 civilians between July 2009 and June 2014, including at least 2,000 in the first half of 2014, in attacks occurring mainly in northeast, northcentral and central states of Nigeria.
As the government in Nigeria is known to use most of the money ment for training soldiers on themselves and a life in luxery, the only force to actually fight against the Boko Haram, often hopelessly outgunned, is local vigilantes.
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