Boko Haram

=== 2018 ===
====Dapchi kidnapping====
Boko Haram [[Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping|kidnapped 110 schoolgirls]] from the Government Technical Girls College in [[Dapchi]], Yobe State, on 19 February 2018, killing five of them on the same day. They released all but one of the surviving girls on 21 March, having been paid a large [[ransom]] by the Nigerian government to do so.<ref>{{cite news|author=Bukola Adebayo|title=Nigeria's President vows schoolgirl with Boko Haram 'will not be abandoned'|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/africa/nigeria-missing-girls-father/index.html|access-date=23 March 2018|work=[[CNN]]|date=2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Buhari speaks on abducted Dapchi schoolgirls – Premium Times Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/259693-buhari-speaks-abducted-dapchi-schoolgirls.html|access-date=24 February 2018|work=Premium Times Nigeria|date=23 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria-paid-large-ransom-to-free-dapchi-girls-un-says/|title=Nigeria paid ' large ransom' to free Dapchi girls, UN says|date=16 August 2018}}</ref>

====Maiduguri attack====
On 2 April, a Boko Haram attack on the outskirts of Maiduguri resulted in the death of 18 people and another 84 wounded. This attack came just days after the government of Nigeria claimed there was a ceasefire with Boko Haram. The attack happened in the villages of Bale Shuwa and Bale Kura, close to both Maiduguri and the city's military camp.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Abubakar|first1=Aminu|last2=Mckenzie|first2=Sheena|title=Boko Haram attack leaves 18 dead in northeast Nigeria|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/02/africa/nigeria-boko-haram-attack-intl/index.html|website=[[CNN]]|date=2 April 2018}}</ref>

====Operation Lafiya Dole====
On 18 May, the Nigerian Army killed 15 Boko Haram insurgents and rescued 49 persons in separate encounters between Boko Haram and Nigerian troops throughout the Southern Lake Chad Basin. The Nigerian troops killed 11 of the insurgents during a battle in Gamoran Village, while the remaining insurgents were killed trying to escape from the Army's efforts in Northern Borno. The Nigerian troops rescued 4 men, 33 women, and 16 children from the insurgent's hideouts in the area.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nigerian soldiers battle Boko Haram, kill 15, rescue 49 women, children|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/268734-nigerian-soldiers-battle-boko-haram-kill-15-rescue-49-women-children.html|access-date=18 May 2018|work=Premium Times Nigeria|date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

====Attacks in north-east Nigeria====
In December, Boko Haram launched a series of attacks in north-east Nigeria. Militants from Islamic State West Africa Province took over the town of Baga and seized the [[Multinational Joint Task Force]] base. The attacks took place two months prior to the [[2019 Nigerian general election|presidential elections in Nigeria]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/28/boko-haram-launches-series-of-attacks-in-north-east-nigeria|title=Boko Haram launches series of attacks in north-east Nigeria|access-date=28 December 2018|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>