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In early 2015, the Nigerian insurgent group Boko Haram appeared unstoppable. After gaining notoriety by kidnapping 276 schoolgirls in April 2014 in Chibok, Borno State, the group transformed from a troublesome terrorist group to a menacing insurgency. It declared allegiance to ISIS, seized command of territory close to the size of Rwanda, and began mounting attacks in neighboring states. With more than 10,000 killed on all sides of the conflict during the year, the insurgency could legitimately claim to be Africa's deadliest. In November of 2015, Boko Haram was declared the world's deadliest terror group by the Global Terrorism Index.
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