US EditionBoko Haram’s Resurgence: Why Nigeria’s Military Is Struggling to Hold the Line
- Boko Haram militants have intensified attacks across Nigeria's northeast throughout 2025, including a deadly assault last week in Gajibo, Borno state.
- This resurgence follows years of military campaigns that reduced Boko Haram's territory but allowed factions like ISWAP to expand using decentralized tactics.
- ISWAP has captured military positions multiple times this year, often defeating poorly manned, isolated bases and confiscating weapons to strengthen their firepower.
- Malik Samuel of Good Governance Africa noted that ISWAP’s territorial growth and decentralized organization have improved its capacity to execute coordinated attacks across multiple areas, demonstrating an increasing level of strategic complexity.
- Authorities warn that daily loss of military formations risks reversing prior gains, while lawmakers urge government action to strengthen security capabilities amid fears of escalating violence.
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Boko Haram’s Resurgence Sparks Alarm in Northeast Nigeria - teleSUR English
The upsurge in Boko Haram attacks has reignited fears of escalating insecurity in northeast Nigeria, as the Islamist extremist group intensifies incursions into military bases, sabotages roads, and targets civilian communities. Despite the Nigerian military’s assurances of victory, the conflict—Africa’s longest-running since 2009—remains deeply entrenched, having killed an estimated 35,000 civilians and displaced over two million, according to U…
In northeastern Nigeria, several hundred fighters have left the jihadist group in recent years to surrender to the authorities. Two of them testify.
Boko Haram's Resurgence: Why Nigeria's Military Is Struggling to Hold the Line
A resurgence of Boko Haram attacks is shaking Nigeria’s northeast, as Islamic extremists have repeatedly overrun military outposts, mined roads with bombs and raided civilian communities since the start of the year, raising fears of a possible return to peak Boko Haram-era insecurity despite the military's claims of successes.
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The Independent (US)Boko Haram is having a resurgence. Nigeria’s military is struggling to hold the line
Boko Haram has broken into two factions
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