Boko Haram

====Cameroon====
{{main|January 2015 raid on Kolofata}}
On 12 January, Boko Haram attacked a Cameroon military base in [[Kolofata]], a [[Communes of Cameroon|commune]] in the Far North region. Government forces report killing 143 militants, while one Cameroon soldier was killed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/cameroon-army-kills-143-boko-haram-fighters-202345476.html |title=Cameroon repels Boko Haram attack, says 143 militants killed |date=12 January 2015 |work=[[Yahoo! News]]}}</ref> On 18 January, Boko Haram raided two Tourou Cameroon area villages, torching houses, killing some residents and kidnapping between 60 and 80 people including an estimated 50 young children between the ages of 10 and 15.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30873243 |title=BBC News – Boko Haram 'in Cameroon kidnappings' |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

On 11 October, in the far north region of Cameroon two female suicide bombers killed nine people in the town of Mora. On 18 October, 10 militants were killed when they attacked a Cameroon military anti-terrorist division convoy close to the border, after a military vehicle became stuck in mud. One army commander later died of his wounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-19/cameroon-says-army-kills-10-boko-haram-fighters-in-far-north|title=Cameroon Says Army Kills 10 Boko Haram Fighters in Far North|work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|author=Pius Lukong |date=19 October 2015|access-date=20 October 2015}}</ref> On 12 October, the first 90 of a proposed deployment of 300 US troops arrived in the region to assist with training, reconnaissance and airborne intelligence using [[Predator drones]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-nigeria-bokoharam-usa-idUKKCN0S825G20151014|title=Obama sends U.S. troops, drones to Cameroon in anti-Boko Haram fight|work=[[Reuters]]|author=WARREN STROBEL|date=14 October 2015|access-date=14 October 2015}}</ref> On 16 October, more than six security vehicles were transferred to the Cameroon military. An [[United States Africa Command|AFRICOM]] spokesman said that increased cooperation had led them "to study the viability of ISR flights from a temporary location in Cameroon". The deployment is "totally separate and distinct" from operations in Chad and Niger, where 250 and 85 personnel, respectively, are conducting missions including [[Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance|ISR]] and training.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/land/vehicles/2015/10/20/us-sending-troops-vehicles-to-cameroon-to-combat-boko-haram/74265026/|title=US Sending Troops, Vehicles To Cameroon To Combat Boko Haram|work=Defense News|author=Jen Judson|date=20 October 2015|access-date=20 October 2015}}</ref>

On 23 October, Boko Haram fighters were driven out of Kerawa, a village of 50,000 in Kolofata. They had briefly occupied the village until the arrival of security forces. Reports of civilian casualties ranged from eight to eleven. An army spokesman claimed the militants suffered heavy casualties. The village's military base had previously been targeted by suicide bombers on 3 September, when 30 were killed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cameroon-attacks-idUSKCN0SH15G20151023|title=Cameroon army drives Boko Haram militants back across northern border|work=[[Reuters]]|date=23 October 2015|access-date=24 October 2015|archive-date=24 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024082148/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/23/us-cameroon-attacks-idUSKCN0SH15G20151023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/boko-haram-jihadists-briefly-seize-town-on-cameroon-border-1235814|title=Boko Haram Jihadists Briefly Seize Town on Cameroon Border|work=NDTV|author=AFP|date=24 October 2015|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channelstv.com/2015/10/23/boko-haram-militants-kill-8-villagers-in-cameroun/|title=Boko Haram Militants Kill 8 Villagers in Cameroun|work=Channels|date=23 October 2015|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/boko-haram-seizes-town-cameroon-nigeria-border-security-004919560.html|title=Boko Haram seizes town on Cameroon-Nigeria border: security sources|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|author=AFP|date=23 October 2015|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref>

On 9 November, two female suicide bombers killed three Nigerians during a security check in a truck full of Nigerian refugees.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/cameroon-security-idUSL8N1343NZ20151109#Qg2sQL5gouWChIta.97|title=UPDATE 1-Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill three Nigerian refugees in Cameroon|work=[[Reuters]]|author=Sylvain Andzongo|date=9 November 2015|access-date=22 November 2015|archive-date=22 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122221942/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/09/cameroon-security-idUSL8N1343NZ20151109#Qg2sQL5gouWChIta.97|url-status=live}}</ref> On 21 November, a suicide attack in a suburb of [[Fotokol]] town killed four. An anonymous military official said: "The first kamikaze detonated his bomb in the house of the traditional chief of Leymarie. Five people died including the bomber. Several minutes later, three female bombers exploded their bombs close to the initial site but they didn't kill anyone else because they acted too quickly".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-violence-cameroon-idUSKCN0TA0JR20151121#X3LCBdxBtr1bKdV5.97|title=Female suicide bombers in Cameroon attack that kills eight|work=[[Reuters]]|author=Sylvain Andzongo|date=21 November 2015|access-date=22 November 2015|archive-date=21 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121204638/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/21/us-nigeria-violence-cameroon-idUSKCN0TA0JR20151121#X3LCBdxBtr1bKdV5.97|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 28 November, two suicide bombers killed six near the military base in Dabanga, and in an attack in Gouzoudou five people were killed, according to a military spokesman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/29/africa/cameroon-boko-haram-attacks/|title=11 killed in two Boko Haram attacks in Cameroon|work=[[CNN]]|author=Ngala Kilian Chimtom|date=29 November 2015|access-date=5 December 2015}}</ref> On 1 December, two suicide bombers killed three, and a third bomber was killed before detonating explosives. On 2 December, Cameroon's Defense Minister claimed that, at the end of November, 100 Boko Haram members had been killed and 900 hostages freed, and that a large stockpile of arms and munitions, and black-and-white ISIL flags had been seized.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34986146|title=Boko Haram crisis: Cameroon troops 'free 900 hostages'|work=[[BBC News]]|date=2 December 2015|access-date=4 December 2015}}</ref> Information Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakari said that "[t]he people that were freed are just villagers. The [Chibok] schoolgirls who are missing are not amongst the group".<ref>{{cite web |title=Cameroon says no missing girls among freed Boko Haram hostages |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cameroon-attacks-idUSKBN0TQ2AF20151207#6rU1ZAhTmCPMurvv.97 |website=[[Reuters]]|language=en |date=7 December 2015}}</ref>