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Boko Haram
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The rise of Boko Haram
in 2002, Mohammed Yusuf took leadership of a muslim youth organization called Shabaab, and changed the group's name to Boko Haram meaning "Western Education is a sin" -
The Fall of Mohammed Yusuf
Mohammed Yusuf dies. The Nigerian sercurity force executed him in public view outside a police station. -
A New Leader Rises
After Yusuf's death in 2009, Abubakar Shekau takes leadership control of the Boko Haram -
Prison Break
Boko haram attacked The Bauchi prison and helped 721 prisoners escape -
Bombing in Abuja
A car bomb exploded in the Nigerian's capital, Abuja. The explosion killed 21 people and wounded 60 -
Christmas Day Tragic
Series of bombings occured during church serivices on Christmas day, 41 were confirmed dead -
State of Emergency
Prsident Goodluck Jonathan declard a state of emergency in the states of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa -
300 girls kidnapped
Boko Haram kidnapped about 300 girls from a seconary school in Nigeria -
8 more girls kidnpped
Eight more girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram -
School girls are alive!
Boko Haram released a video which shows the school girls that were kidnapped converted into Islam -
Its War!
The presidents from Nigeria, Benin, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger agreed to launch total war on Boko Haram -
Islamist extremist group
Boko Haram was oficially declared a terrorists group afflilated to Al-Qaeda
