Boko Haram

 

Boko Haram, referred to by themselves as al-Wilāyat al-Islāmiyya Gharb Afrīqiyyah, and Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد‎‎, "Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad"), is an Islamic ... 

Founder: Mohammed Yusuf

Founded: 2002, Maiduguri

Headquarters: Maiduguri

Leaders: Abubakar Shekau, Mohammed Yusuf

Areas of operations: Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon