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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"
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Mohammed Yusuf dies. The Nigerian sercurity force executed him in public view outside a police station.
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After Yusuf's death in 2009, Abubakar Shekau takes leadership control of the Boko Haram
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Boko haram attacked The Bauchi prison and helped 721 prisoners escape
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A car bomb exploded in the Nigerian's capital, Abuja. The explosion killed 21 people and wounded 60
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Series of bombings occured during church serivices on Christmas day, 41 were confirmed dead
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Prsident Goodluck Jonathan declard a state of emergency in the states of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa
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Boko Haram kidnapped about 300 girls from a seconary school in Nigeria
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Eight more girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram
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Boko Haram released a video which shows the school girls that were kidnapped converted into Islam
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The presidents from Nigeria, Benin, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger agreed to launch total war on Boko Haram
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Boko Haram was oficially declared a terrorists group afflilated to Al-Qaeda
