Starting in late January 2015, a coalition of West African troops launched an offensive against the Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria.
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2015 West African offensive |
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Part of the Boko Haram insurgency |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Wilayat_al_Sudan_al_Gharbi_maximum_territorial_control.png/300px-Wilayat_al_Sudan_al_Gharbi_maximum_territorial_control.png) Boko Haram's territorial control prior to the offensive. |
Date | 23 January – 24 December 2015 (11 months and 1 day) |
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Location | Northeast Nigeria, Northern Cameroon, Southeast Niger, Western Chad [1] |
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Result |
Multinational Joint Task Force victory
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Belligerents |
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Multinational Joint Task Force
Local militias[5]
STTEP (foreign mercenaries)[6][7] |
ISIL
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Commanders and leaders |
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Muhammadu Buhari (from May 2015)
Goodluck Jonathan (until May 2015)
Kashim Shettima
Isa Yuguda (until May 2015)
Lamidi Adeosun
Eeben Barlow[6]
Paul Biya
Idriss Déby
Mahamadou Issoufou |
Abubakar Shekau
Abu Musab al-Barnawi |
Strength |
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Nigerian Army: 130,000 active frontline personnel;
32,000 active reserve personnel
Nigeria Police Force: 371,800 officers
Multinational Joint Task Force: 7,500 active personnel[9] (excluding Cameroon and Nigeria)
Cameroonian Armed Forces: 20,000 active personnel
300 advisers[10][11] |
ISIL: 7,000–10,000[12] |
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