Battle of Konduga (2014)
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| Battle of Konduga | |||||||
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| Part of the Boko Haram insurgency | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Nigeria |
 Boko Haram | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 400 | 100-200 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Unknown killed 4 wounded (per Nigeria) | 100+ killed | ||||||
The Battle of Konduga was a military engagement between the Nigerian Armed Forces and Boko Haram insurgents in Konduga, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, on September 13, 2014. Nigerian forces successfully defended the city, killing over 100 militants.
Boko Haram emerged in 2009 as a jihadist social and political movement in a failed rebellion in northeast Nigeria.[1] Throughout the following years, Abubakar Shekau unified militant Islamist groups in the region and continued to foment the rebellion against the Nigerian government, conducting terrorist attacks and bombings in cities and communities across the region.[2]
In August 2014, Boko Haram launched a campaign to capture several cities in Borno State, capturing Damboa in late July and Gwoza and other cities in August. In each city, the group carried out large-scale massacres against civilians and suspected pro-government people.[2] The campaign continued in Gamboru Ngala, with Boko Haram capturing the city on August 25 and immediately launching attacks on the Cameroonian city of Fotokol.[3][4] On September 1, the group captured Bama.[5]
Konduga has been attacked by Boko Haram several times since 2009. In August 2013, a mosque in Konduga was shot up by Boko Haram, killing 44 people.[6] In February 2014, the group killed 62 and kidnapped 20 in an attack on the city.[7]
