{
  "id": "ACM-NGA-BKH",
  "slug": "nigeria-boko-haram",
  "title": "The Nigeria Conflict",
  "url": "https://armedconflicts.org/nigeria-boko-haram.html",
  "status": "Active",
  "intensity": "High",
  "region": "West Africa",
  "type": "Insurgency / communal violence",
  "tracked_since": "2009",
  "revision": "2026-08-05",
  "sources": [
    "ACLED",
    "UCDP",
    "CFR Global Conflict Tracker"
  ],
  "locations": [
    {
      "name": "Maiduguri",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 11.8333,
      "lon": 13.15,
      "description": "Capital of Borno state and the birthplace of Boko Haram in 2002, now the most fortified city in the northeast and headquarters of Nigeria's counterinsurgency operations."
    },
    {
      "name": "Chibok",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 10.8833,
      "lon": 12.8333,
      "description": "Borno town where Boko Haram abducted a large group of schoolgirls in April 2014, an attack that drew global attention to the insurgency."
    },
    {
      "name": "Sambisa Forest",
      "type": "region",
      "lat": 11.1667,
      "lon": 13.0333,
      "description": "Dense forest reserve in southern Borno state that served as a historic Boko Haram base and hideout for abducted captives."
    },
    {
      "name": "Gwoza",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 11.0833,
      "lon": 13.6961,
      "description": "Borno town near the Cameroonian border and the Mandara Mountains, the site of hostage releases by Boko Haram in mid-2026."
    },
    {
      "name": "Baga",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 13.1667,
      "lon": 14.2333,
      "description": "Fishing town on the Nigerian shore of Lake Chad that has repeatedly been fought over by Boko Haram/ISWAP factions and Nigerian and multinational forces."
    },
    {
      "name": "Abuja",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 9.0765,
      "lon": 7.3986,
      "description": "Nigeria's federal capital, targeted by a Boko Haram bus-station bombing in 2014 and the seat of national counterterrorism policy."
    },
    {
      "name": "Damaturu",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 11.747,
      "lon": 11.9608,
      "description": "Capital of Yobe state, one of the three northeastern states placed under a state of emergency in 2013 as the insurgency escalated."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lake Chad Basin",
      "type": "region",
      "lat": 13.2,
      "lon": 14.1,
      "description": "Shrinking inland lake shared by Nigeria, Chad, Niger, and Cameroon whose islands and shoreline have been repeatedly contested between Boko Haram's JAS and ISWAP factions."
    }
  ],
  "revision_history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-05",
      "change": "Headlines refreshed",
      "source": "News feed"
    }
  ]
}