The Military in Nigeria Killed More than 120 Fighters

March 11, According to Nigerian military, they has launched a campaign to eliminate extremist organizations in the northern part of the country in the past two weeks and killed at least 121 fighters.

Bernard Onyuko, the spokesman of Nigerian military said that in the past two weeks, the Nigerian military has launched suppression operations against extremist organizations "Boko Haram" and "West Africa province of Islamic state" in the northern part of the country, and the military has also collected a large number of weapons and equipment in the operation.

Boko Haram has frequently carried out violent terrorist attacks in Nigeria and its neighbors for more than ten years. In 2015, "Boko Haram" declared allegiance to the extremist organization "Islamic state" and claimed as "West Africa province of Islamic state".

According to the 2022 Global Terrorism Index (GTI), Boko Haram killed 69 people in Nigeria in 2021, a decrease of 77% over the previous year. Boko Haram seemed to turn its focus from domestic to neighbouring countries in West Africa. 

According to the GTI report, Nigeria also fell to the sixth place in the world among the countries severely hit by terrorism in 2021. Previously, it has occupied the third position for three consecutive years. Afghanistan was the country most affected by terrorism in 2021, followed by Iraq and Somalia. The fourth and fifth are Burkina Faso and Syria, respectively.