Boko Haram

====Baga massacre====
{{main|2015 Baga massacre}}
On 3 January, Boko Haram attacked [[Baga, Nigeria|Baga]], seizing it and the multinational joint task force military base. As the militants advanced the army fled. Some residents managed to escape to Chad.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30672391 |title=Boko Haram seizes army base in Nigeria town of Baga |work=[[BBC News]] |date=4 January 2015}}</ref> Although the death toll of the massacre was earlier estimated by [[Western media]] to be upwards of 2000,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/boko-haram-massacre-thousands-says-amnesty-international-20150110-12loit.html |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|title=Boko Haram massacre thousands, says Amnesty International |date=10 January 2015 |access-date=11 January 2015}}</ref> the Defence Ministry dismissed these claims as "speculation and conjecture", estimating the figure to be closer to 150.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30788480 |title=Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria estimates Baga deaths at 150 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=12 January 2015}}</ref> On 25 January, the militants advanced to [[Monguno]], capturing the town and a nearby military base. Their advance on Maiduguri and [[Konduga]], 40&nbsp;km to the southeast, was repelled. After retaking Monguno, the army expelled the militants from Baga on 21 February.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/10/anatomy-boko-haram-massacre|title=Anatomy of a Boko Haram Massacre|work=Human Rights Watch|author=Samer Muscati|date=10 June 2015|access-date=22 October 2015}}</ref>

The Baga massacre was one of the Nigerian Army's biggest defeats in terms of loss of equipment and civilian casualties. Several officers were [[court-martial]]ed. In October, General [[Enitan Ransome-Kuti]] was dismissed from the army and sentenced to six months imprisonment. It was determined that he had failed in his duty to launch a counter-attack after retreating from the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-34550050|title=Nigerian general jailed over Boko Haram attack on Baga|work=[[BBC News]]|date=16 October 2015|access-date=20 October 2015}}</ref>