Boko Haram

===African Coalition force===
{{Further|Multinational Joint Task Force}}
After a series of meetings over many months,<ref name="ngrguardiannews.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/national-news/187812-five-lake-chad-region-nations-meet-over-boko-haram |title=Guardian News Website - Five Lake Chad region nations meet over Boko Haram |access-date=2015-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150118204900/http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/national-news/187812-five-lake-chad-region-nations-meet-over-boko-haram |archive-date=18 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="sunnewsonline.com">{{cite news |url=http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=85939 |title=Jonathan tasks Defence, Foreign Ministers of Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Benin on Boko Haram's defeat |publisher=sunnewsonline.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119024527/http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=85939 |archive-date=19 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/17/west-african-countries-must-unite-fight-boko-haram-nigeria |title=African leaders pledge 'total war' on Boko Haram after Nigeria kidnap |author=Martin Williams |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London}}</ref> Cameroon's foreign minister announced on 30 November 2014 that a coalition force to fight terrorism, including Boko Haram, would soon be operational. The force would include 3,500 soldiers from [[Benin]], Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/minister-military-alliance-boko-haram-readies-27289062 |title=Minister: Military Alliance Vs. Boko Haram Readies |work=[[ABC News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=1 December 2014 |access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/12/01/cameroon-minister-5-nation-military-force-against-boko-haram-to-be-operational/ |title=Cameroon minister: 5-nation military force against Boko Haram to be operational within weeks |publisher=[[Fox News]]}}</ref> Discussions between the [[Economic Community of West African States]] (ECOWAS) about a broader based military force were held in January 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.voanews.com/content/west-africa-leaders-consider-new-force-to-fight-boko-haram/2600935.html |title=W. African Leaders Consider New Force to Fight Boko Haram |publisher=VOA}}</ref>

In early February 2015, an agreement to provide 7,500 African Union troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger was tentatively reached. On 2 February 2015, the Nigerian Army said it had recaptured [[Gamboru]] from Boko Haram, along with the nearby towns of [[Mafa]], Mallam Fatori, [[Abadam]], and [[Marte, Nigeria|Marte]] following a joint weekend offensive by Nigerian, Chadian and Cameroonian forces.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Nigeria claims Gamboru, four towns recaptured from Boko Haram|work = AFP - Yahoo News|date = 2015-02-02|url = https://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-claims-gamboru-four-towns-recaptured-boko-haram-182136983.html}}</ref> By 6 February 2015, Chadian and Nigerian warplanes and ground troops had forced Boko Haram forces to abandon about a dozen towns and villages.<ref name=postpones>{{cite news|title=Nigeria postpones elections, focuses on major offensive against Boko Haram |agency=[[Associated Press|AP News]]|work=The Christian Science Monitor|date=February 7, 2015|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2015/0207/Nigeria-postpones-elections-focuses-on-major-offensive-against-Boko-Haram-video}}</ref> On 17 February 2015, the Nigerian military retook [[Monguno]] in a coordinated air and ground assault. On 6 March 2015, the African Union endorsed the creation of a regional force of more than 8,000 troops to combat Boko Haram.<ref name=allies>{{cite news|title=Boko Haram conflict: Nigerian allies launch offensive|date=March 8, 2015|publisher=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31789412|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref>