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First Name

JAMA'ATU

MiddleName

AHLIS SUNNA LIDDA'AWATI

Surname

WAL-JIHAD

Record Date

3/22/2024 11:05:39 AM

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Boko Haram (QDe.138) and its leader Abubakar Mohammed Shekau (QDi.322) have been designated by the United Nations Security Council as a terrorist group and terrorist respectively. The group was founded by Muhammad Yusuf (Late). Following in the death of Muhammad Yusuf, Abubakar Mohammed Shekau (Late) took over the leadership of the group. During the leadership of Abubakar Mohammed Shekau, Nigeria experienced the worst terrorist attacks by Boko Haram including the kidnap of the Chibok girls, bombing in in Abuja, Kano and other states of Nigeria, mass killing of farmers and other deadly attacks. Since 2011 the group popularly known as Boko Haram has committed several terrorist attacks in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad. In addition to the attacks, other attempts have been made to commit series of attacks, participated in committing with other terrorist groups like ISIL, instigated the commission, or facilitated the commission of acts of terrorism or terrorism financing. Boko Haram is responsible for a series of major terrorist attacks, including a wave of bombings in Kano, Nigeria in January 2012 that killed more than 180 people in a single day. Another major attack was the August 26, 2011 bomb attack on the United Nations headquarters in Abuja that killed at least 21 people and wounded scores more. The group was also responsible for the December 25, 2011 attack on the Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Nigeria, that killed at least 37 and wounded approximately 50. Since summer 2012 Boko Haram has undertaken a campaign of violence against Nigerian schools and students. In June 2013, the group attacked schools in Maiduguri and Damaturu, Nigeria, killing at least 22 children; in July, an attack on a school in the village of Mamudo, Nigeria killed at least 42 people, most of them students. On September 29, 2013, Boko Haram attacked an agricultural school in Yobe, Nigeria, shooting dead 50 students in their dormitory as they slept. On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram abducted approximately 300 girls from a school in northern Nigeria. Abubakar Mohammed Shekau claimed responsibility for the attack in a video released by Boko Haram and threatened to sell the girls into slavery. Boko Haram militants subsequently attacked a staging base for rescuers on May 5, 2014, killing an additional 310 people. 17 elderly people including 5 women were slaughtered in January 2017 in Gnam-Gnam, a village about a dozen kilometers from the tourist town of Waza in the department of Logone-et-Chari, in the Far North region by Boko Haram. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to rivals the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) after the Boko Haram’s leader died. Boko Haram was listed by the United Nations on 22 May 2014 pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 of resolution 2083 (2012) as being associated with Al-Qaida for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” Al-Qaida (QDe.004) and the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QDe.014) Boko Haram has maintained a relationship with the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QDe.014) for training and material support purposes. For example, Boko Haram gained valuable knowledge on the construction of improvised explosive devices from AQIM. A number of Boko Haram members fought alongside Al-Qaida affiliated groups in Mali in 2012 and 2013 before returning to Nigeria with terrorist expertise. In a statement released in November 2012, Abubakar Mohammed Shekau expressed Boko Haram’s solidarity with Al-Qaida affiliates in Afghanistan, Iraq, North Africa, Somalia and Yemen. He also encouraged fighters across Africa and other areas to continue engaging in terrorist attacks. Shekau’s media statements have been published on known violent extremist forums.

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- Nigeria

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Press Release

On 5th July 2022, the Chairman of Nigeria Sanctions Committee (NSC) on the recommendation of the NSC designated JAMA'ATU AHLIS SUNNA LIDDA'AWATI WAL-JIHAD (BOKO HARAM) - NLJAS as a terrorist group and directs its addition to the Nigeria Sanctions List. The Nigerian Government on 24th May 2013 proscribed Jamaátu Ahlis Sunna Liddaáwati Wal-Jihad (Boko Haram) as a terrorist group.

Narrative Summary

Boko Haram (QDe.138) and its leader Abubakar Mohammed Shekau (QDi.322) have been designated by the United Nations Security Council as a terrorist group and terrorist respectively. The group was founded by Muhammad Yusuf (Late). Following in the death of Muhammad Yusuf, Abubakar Mohammed Shekau (Late) took over the leadership of the group. During the leadership of Abubakar Mohammed Shekau, Nigeria experienced the worst terrorist attacks by Boko Haram including the kidnap of the Chibok girls, bombing in in Abuja, Kano and other states of Nigeria, mass killing of farmers and other deadly attacks. Since 2011 the group popularly known as Boko Haram has committed several terrorist attacks in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad. In addition to the attacks, other attempts have been made to commit series of attacks, participated in committing with other terrorist groups like ISIL, instigated the commission, or facilitated the commission of acts of terrorism or terrorism financing. Boko Haram is responsible for a series of major terrorist attacks, including a wave of bombings in Kano, Nigeria in January 2012 that killed more than 180 people in a single day. Another major attack was the August 26, 2011 bomb attack on the United Nations headquarters in Abuja that killed at least 21 people and wounded scores more. The group was also responsible for the December 25, 2011 attack on the Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Nigeria, that killed at least 37 and wounded approximately 50. Since summer 2012 Boko Haram has undertaken a campaign of violence against Nigerian schools and students. In June 2013, the group attacked schools in Maiduguri and Damaturu, Nigeria, killing at least 22 children; in July, an attack on a school in the village of Mamudo, Nigeria killed at least 42 people, most of them students. On September 29, 2013, Boko Haram attacked an agricultural school in Yobe, Nigeria, shooting dead 50 students in their dormitory as they slept. On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram abducted approximately 300 girls from a school in northern Nigeria. Abubakar Mohammed Shekau claimed responsibility for the attack in a video released by Boko Haram and threatened to sell the girls into slavery. Boko Haram militants subsequently attacked a staging base for rescuers on May 5, 2014, killing an additional 310 people. 17 elderly people including 5 women were slaughtered in January 2017 in Gnam-Gnam, a village about a dozen kilometers from the tourist town of Waza in the department of Logone-et-Chari, in the Far North region by Boko Haram. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to rivals the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) after the Boko Haram’s leader died. Boko Haram was listed by the United Nations on 22 May 2014 pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 of resolution 2083 (2012) as being associated with Al-Qaida for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” Al-Qaida (QDe.004) and the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QDe.014) Boko Haram has maintained a relationship with the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QDe.014) for training and material support purposes. For example, Boko Haram gained valuable knowledge on the construction of improvised explosive devices from AQIM. A number of Boko Haram members fought alongside Al-Qaida affiliated groups in Mali in 2012 and 2013 before returning to Nigeria with terrorist expertise. In a statement released in November 2012, Abubakar Mohammed Shekau expressed Boko Haram’s solidarity with Al-Qaida affiliates in Afghanistan, Iraq, North Africa, Somalia and Yemen. He also encouraged fighters across Africa and other areas to continue engaging in terrorist attacks. Shekau’s media statements have been published on known violent extremist forums.