Timeline of the Boko Haram insurgency

Timeline of the Islamist Insurgency in Nigeria is the chronology of the Islamist Insurgency in Nigeria, an ongoing armed conflict between Nigerian Islamist groups and the Nigerian Government. == Religious violence before the insurgency == === 2000 === 21 February – 23 May – 2000 Kaduna riots – Between 1,000 and 5,000 people were killed in sectarian rioting between Christians and Muslims in Kaduna State following the introduction of Sharia law into that state.

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