Below is a list of major Boko Haram attacks in and around the Gwoza hills area with links to media reports (see also maps at bottom of the list)
September 2017: Cameroon: Mass forced return of Nigerian refugees in remote border area
June 2017: Twin suicide blast kills at least 9 and wounds 30 in Kolofata (N Cameroon)
May 2017: New GOC visits battle frontline in Borno, including Gwoza, Pulka and Ngoshe
May 2017: 14-year-old who was abducted 2013 in Gwoza tells her story as suicide bomber
May 2017: Nigerian Red Cross reunites displaced families also in Gwoza and Madagali
May 2017: The 82 newly released Chibok girls were handed over in forest near Banki
May 2017: Shekau receiving treatment near Kolofata following air strike west of Gwoza
April 2017: Troops clear improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along Bama-Gwoza road
April 2017: Troop kill six Boko Haram terrorists in Dissa area (west of Gwoza town)
April 2017: Former Boko Haram commander from Mubi admits marrying two Chibok girls
April 2017: Informative article about the humanitarian crisis still unfolding (including Gwoza)
March 2017: 21 Boko Haram suspects arrested in Mandara Mountains by Cameroon army
February 2017: Nigerian air force jets bomb Boko Haram hiding in the Gwoza hills
February 2017: Boko Haram attacks NAF plane carrying medical supply in Gwoza
February 2017: Boko Haram razed Mussa village (Askira-Uba LGA), person burned alive
January 2017: Boko Haram bombers using babies in Madagali to thwart detection
January 2017: Two bomb attacks hit Nigeria as officials blame Boko Haram
December 2016: Famine kills about 2000 people cut of from aid by Boko Haram
December 2016: Boko Haram battle stalls while population starves
December 2016: Northeast IDPs need 30000mt of food monthly (including Gwoza and Pulka)
December 2016: How and why Boko Haram targets teachers and schools
November 2016: Troops kill 30 Boko Haram fighters during ambush attack near Pulka
November 2016: United Nations says Boko Haram stops aid in Cameroon's border area
November 2016: Two soldiers killed and wounded during Boko Haram attack near Uba
November 2016: Boko Haram female wounds at least four during suicide attack in Mora
November 2016: Nigerian air force attacks Ngoshe and covers advancing ground troops
November 2016: Boko Haram besieging villages in Chibok area (southwest of Gwoza town)
November 2016: Christians who fled Boko Haram's faced discrimination in refugee camps
November 2016: Woman from Kolofata (Cameroon) was forced to marry Boko Haram man
November 2016: Boko Haram killed Lt. Colonel south of Gwoza on road leading to Yola
November 2016: Boko Haram burns houses and kills two in Uba local government area
November 2016: Boko Haram survivors sexually abused by officials at 'safe' camps
October 2016: Hunters kill seven Boko Haram suspects in Madagali local government area
October 2016: Woman form Gwoza captured by Boko Haram recovers with help of charity
October 2016: Nigerian troops killed suicide bomber on Madagali-Limankara road
October 2016: Other freed women tell harrowing tales from their times with Boko Haram
October 2016: 21 released Chibok girls picked up by military helicopter in Banki area
October 2016: Bama hired 5000 vigilantes for protection following governor Shettima's return
October 2016: UNHCR dismisses claims by presidency, saying Boko Haram is not defeated
October 2016: Officials steal food from internally displaced persons says woman from Bama
October 2016: Soldiers based in Banki deserted after two years on warfront without a break
September 2016: Aid agency counted the graves of 430 children who had died of hunger
September 2016: Soldiers repelled terrorist attack in two villages to the west of Gwoza hills
September 2016: 3 killed when locals in Djakana stopped BH bomber on his way to Mora
September 2016: Residents of Maroua (Far North Cameroon) still fear Boko Haram attacks
September 2016: Governor Shettima temporarily relocates his office to destroyed Bama town
September 2016: Two million trapped in Boko Haram controlled areas in Borno alone
September 2016: Madagali and Michika local governments did not receive a single grain
September 2016: Example of Bama: the northeast of Borno state remains highly insecure
August 2016: Large cattle market in Meme closed following Mora suicide attack
August 2016: Boko Haram suicide attack kills 3 and injures many in Mora (Cameroon)
August 2016: Senator Ndume claims Gwoza is now save but this is most likely not true!
June 2016: Army says it cleared Gava from insurgents and freed civilians at Ngoshe
June 2016: Internally Displaced Persons returned to east Gwoza and got trapped
June 2016: Humanitarian crisis in Bama's internally displaced persons' camp deteriorates
June 2016: Boko Haram victims starve to death in Bama as officials steal relief materials
June 2016: Boko Haram kills mourners at funeral including women and children near Gulak
June 2016: Boko Haram allegedly set up its own radio station near Kolofata (Cameroon)
June 2016: Troops kill five Boko Haram terrorist in Pulka but five soldiers got injured
June 2016: Notorious Boko Haram kingpin arrested in Mussa village (Aski Uba LGA)
June 2016: Citizens of Gwoza and Ngoshe were rescued during army operation near Bama
June 2016: Emir of Gwoza says no IDP including himself will return unless Gwoza is safe
June 2016: Army cleared a Boko Haram hideout in Uvaha (foothills south of Gwoza town)
May 2016: Report and video about the many other females kidnapped by Boko Haram
May 2016: Girl from Tourou escapes Boko Haram capture after raid and returns home
May 2016: Army spokesmen argue with community leaders over origin of rescued girl
May 2016: Two girls wearing explosives die at checkpoint near Mora (Cameroon)
May 2016: Troops clear remnants of Boko Haram militants in Dure area (west of Pulka)
May 2016: Troops retake 7 villages from Boko Haram in Disa area (west of Gwoza town)
May 2016: Nigerian army allegedly returns 398 internally displaced people to Gwoza
April 2016: Samantha Power US ambassador to the UN visits Mokolo and promises help
April 2016: Troops repelled Boko Haram attacks on army battalion stationed at Pulka
April 2016: More joint operations between Cameroon and Nigeria along border areas
March 2016: Hundreds trapped on Zelidva spur were rescued and brought to Pulka
March 2016: Joint forces free hundreds of Boko Haram hostages from Ashigashiya area
March 2016: Five killed in Boko Haram attack in Huyum village (west of Gulak)
March 2016: Boko Haram still holds fall-back positions says US general Rodriquez
March 2016: In Kolofata Cameroon pins hopes on vigilantes to defeat Boko Haram
March 2016: Troops repel attack by fleeing insurgents on military locations in Pulka
March 2016: Food crisis as result of Boko Haram increasingly leaves its marks
March 2016: France24 video of Cameroonian army activities along hilly border area
March 2016: Hundreds from East-Gwoza were allegedly rescued by Nigerian forces
March 2016: Starving Boko Haram members handed themselves over in Gwoza town
February 2016: Army chief claims displaced persons could soon return to Gwoza
February 2016: 12 dead and 50 injured in double suicide attack in Mémé (Cameroon)
February 2016: Boko Haram attack Madagali, kill people and burn houses
February 2016: Boko Haram land mine kills Cameroonian soldiers in East-Gwoza LGA
February 2016: Cameroon and Nigerian army jointly fight Boko Haram in East-Gwoza LGA
February 2016: At least six killed and over 30 injured in Nguetchewe (Cameroon)
February 2016: Eye witnesses from Gowza LGA explain why they can't go home again
February 2016: Borno senators contradict each other regarding safety in Gwoza LGA
February 2016: The example of Gwoza shows that Boko Haram still holds territory
January 2016: From its Nigerian bases the ISIS affiliate causes havoc in Cameroon
January 2016: Insurgents turns East Gwoza into infiltration corridor for suicide bombers
January 2016: 40 killed as Cameroonian troops chase Boko Haram in East Gwoza
January 2016: Troops cleared some Boko Haram hideouts in the western Gwoza area
January 2016: Christians and Muslims unite in Cameroon after recent mosque attack
January 2016: Boko Haram kills 4 in mosque attack on Nguetchewe (Cameroon)
January 2016: Eye witness reports from previous attacks on Michika and Madagali
January 2016: Schools remain close in Gwoza and elsewhere in the NE of Nigeria
January 2016: Midwife from Gwoza who fled Boko Haram now helps other women
January 2016: 12 killed in sucide attack on mosque in Kouyape (Cameroon)
January 2016: 7 killed and 10 houses burnt in Boko Haram attack on Madagali
January 2016: IPSs refuse to return home say Boko Haram still controls Gwoza
January 2016: Attack on Izgeki (near Gwoza) kills seven and many flee temporary
December 2015: 30 killed by two female suicide bombers at garage in Madagali
December 2015: Unsichere Zukunft fuer Fluechtlinge in Ost-Gwoza (Deutsche Welle)
December 2015: Claims that Cameroon army killed alleged Boko Haram in East-Gwoza
December 2015: Former Boko Haram captives take refuge near Kolofata (Cameroon)
December 2015: Nigeria lance les opérations pour le retour des habitants chassés par BH
December 2015: Suicide bomber kills 10 and wounded 27 in Kolofata (Cameroon)
December 2015: Troops intercept fleeing terrorists at Pulka (northern foot of Gwoza hills)
December 2015: Sambisa forest and Gwoza hills remain hideouts for Boko Haram
December 2015: Troops also destroy Boko Haram camps at Disa and Gwoza LGA
December 2015: Boko Haram chief cameraman arrested in Askira/Uba local government
December 2015: 50 Boko Haram fighters killed in Mayo Sava district (Cameroon)
December 2015: Cameroon's army kills 100 Boko Haram fighters and frees 900 hostages
December 2015: Boko Haram attacks military base in Gulak, near Madagali
November 2015: New Cameroonian minister of defence takes on Boko Haram
November 2015: 4 enfants égorgés et 8 filles enlevées à Ashigashiya par Boko Haram
November 2015: Boko Haram loses 7 in failed attempt to retake Gwoza town
November 2015: 9 people slaughtered in Kolofata (Mayo-Sava), Cameroon
November 2015: Military cleared 9 terrorist camps, some to west of Gwoza hills
November 2015: Boko Haram claims to have rocket factory in Bama area
November 2015: Population in Mubi area still fearful of Boko Haram to return
November 2015: Civil society activist seeks to expose horrors of Boko Haram insurgency
October 2015: Overly optimistic article in The Economist about defeat of Boko Haram
October 2015: Cameroon army retook Kerawa only hours after Boko Haram had seized it
October 2015: Boko Haram s'empare d'une ville de l'Extrême-Nord du Cameroun
October 2015: Boko Haram seized Kerawa on Cameroon-Nigeria border
October 2015: 8 killed in Boko Haram attack on village of Doulo, near Mora (Cameroon)
October 2015: Self-defence fighters faught alongside army and killed 150 insurgents
October 2015: 30 Boko Haram insurgents killed in Madagali area by army and vigilantes
October 2015: Suspected suicide bombers kill 11 in Dar village, near Madagali
October 2015: Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 9 in Kangeleri-Mora district
September 2015: Emir of Gwoza seeks relocation of 4000 internally-displaced persons
September 2015: Nigerian army reopens primary school in Gwoza town
September 2015: Military freed 90 Boko Haram victims in villages near Gwoza town
September 2015: Suicide attack kills many in the Cameroonian town of Mora
September 2015: Suicide attack on northern town of Kolofata
September 2015: Suicide bomb attack kills civilians in Kerawa
August 2015: 45,000 displaced Nigerians in Mokolo camp in Cameroon
August 2015: Army kills fleeing Boko Haram fighters in Gwoza
July 2015: Second suicide attack on Maroua, main city to the east of the Mandara mountains
July 2015: Raid by Boko Haram left 25 people dead in villages west of Mandara mountains
July 2015: Le Cameroun frappé à son tour par Boko Haram
July 2015: Buhari replaces military chiefs following Boko Haram's increased attacks
July 2015: Mandara mountains remain an important hideout for Boko Haram
July 2015: Mayo-Tsanaga: L'effort de guerre des Camerounais parvenu aux populations
July 2015: Two women in burqas killed 13 in Cameroon border town Fotokol
July 2015: 27 police officers still missing in Gwoza town are allegedly not dead
June 2015: Report of the physical destruction and the smell of death at Gwoza town
June 2015: Report about the chronic shortage of food and drink at Minawao refugee camp
June 2015: A report of the traumtic effects of Boko Haram torture
May 2015: Nigerian military is obtaining video footage from Gwoza showing foreign fighters
May 2015: Governor of Borno state and Shehu of Bama visit Bama Local Government
May 2015: Nigerian army sacks 200 soldiers for cowardice in Mubi
May 2015: Boko Haram attacks village near Madagali in Adamawa state
May 2015: Report of land mines planted by Boko Haram along Cameroon/Nigerian border
May 2015: Boko Haram attacks village near Michika in Adamawa state
May 2015: Why Boko Haram remains a threat
May 2015: Cameroun: vigilance redoublée face à Boko Haram
May 2015: BBC video report about freeing of captured women
April 2015: Boko Haram kills 12 as army tries to save civilians
April 2015: Amnesty international on the abduction of women and girls by Boko Haram
March 2015: Nigerian troops free women held by boko haram in Gwoza town
March 2015: Boko Haram HQ in Gwoza 'retaken'
March 2015: Can Jonathan keep his promise to liberate Gwoza a day before elections?
March 2015: Shekau is alive and still preaching in Gwoza says female escapee
March 2015: Chibok girls are in Gwoza, says freed Boko Haram abductee
March 2015: Boko Haram detains many women in Nigeria's Gwoza
March 2015: Bama recapture, survivors' shocking stories
March 2015: Boko Haram insurgents slaughter wives as they prepare for Gwoza showdown
March 2015: Boko Haram burns Bama as troops advance
March 2015: Nigerian army chief declares that final push for Gwoza is imminent
March 2015: As attacks on Boko Haram mount, are the Gwoza hills a main hiding place?
March 2015: Boko Haram sous pression à la frontière camerouno-nigériane
March 2015: Nigerian military claims to have recaptured Madagali
March 2015: Claims that Bama has been retaken by Nigerian military proved to be wrong
March 2015: Boko Haram militants assembling in Gwoza
March 2015: Boko Haram attaque la localité de Njaba et rassemble ses troupes à Gwoza
Feb 2015: After retaking Baga Nigerian military intensifies airstrikes on Gwoza and Bama
Feb 2015: Boko Haram takes 20 and kills 12 on bus from Koza to Mora (North Cameroon)
Jan 2015: Cameroonian army retakes Michika and other places in Adamawa state
Jan 2015: Cameroonian army takes control of heights of Turu and Mabass
Jan 2015: Allegedly thousands flee following attack on Mabass
Jan 2015: Boko Haram attacks Mabass, across the border in Cameroon
Jan 2015: Cameroonian army fights Boko Haram in crossborder attack in Kolofata
Dec 2014: NY Times summarizes end of 2014 Boko Haram attacks with interesteng map
Dec 2014: Cameroon defends Ashigashiya and other places by launching airstikes
Dec 2014: Nouveau coup de force de Boko Haram au Cameroun
Nov 2014: A female refugee from Gwoza recalls her ordeal of burying the dead
Nov 2014: Boko Haram sacks seven northeast emirs in three months
Nov 2014: Vigilantes and army retook Mubi and Maiha but Boko Haram took Chibok instead
Nov 2014: Cameroonian soldier killed in Boko Haram attack on border town Kerawa
Nov 2014: Boko Haram kills Christian majority in Mubi after renaming town City of Islam
Nov 2014: Nigerian troops are allegedly advancing towards Mubi to push out Boko Haram
Oct 2014: Boko Haram expands as far as Maiha in the south (Adamawa state) - what next?
Oct 2014: Boko Haram seize Mubi, sack army headquarters, one of the largest in Adamawa
Oct 2014: Boko Haram militants attacking Uba and Hildi, threaten Mubi
Oct 2014: Over 1000 people are hiding on highest mountain of Gwoza hills (in German)
Oct 2014: 30 policemen are still missing from Gwoza training camp says inspector general
Oct 2014: Boko Haram also abducted women in Garta (mountain village east of Michika)
Oct 2014: In Gwoza the insurgents killed fleeing villagers who descended from the hills
Oct 2014: From Gwoza killing field to misery in Abuja
Oct 2014: Boko Haram continues offensive and abducts 40 women in Wagga (Madagali)
Oct 2014: Nigerian army attempted to retake the towns of Bazza, Michika and Madagali
Sept 2014: Cameroon claims that Tuareg fighters have joined Boko Haram
Sept 2014: Hundreds of refugees from Gwoza area try to resettle in Nasarawa state
Sept 2014: Sultan of Sokoto rejects the Boko Haram Gwoza caliphate as un-Islamic
Sept 2014: Boko Haram overun Michika (south of Gwoza) in Adamawa state
Aug 2014: Investigation - why the Gwoza hills area is an easy target for Boko Haram
Aug 2014: Gwoza remains in the hands of insurgents, while military continues struggling
Aug 2014: Locals who fled say that there have been no soldiers in Gwoza for ten days
Aug 2014: Large army movements now concentrate on Gwoza to drive insurgents out
Aug 2014: Boko Haram appoint emir for Gwoza while local women bury their dead
Aug 2014: Heavy fighting over Gwoza ongoing, but number of civilian casualties unkown
Aug 2014: Now soldiers' wives complain about husbands risking their lives in Gwoza...
Aug 2014: Gwoza survivors demonstrate in Maiduguri, demanding help from government
Aug 2014: Nigerian army now uses fighter planes in second attempt to retake Gwoza
Aug 2014: Nigerian troops flee Gwoza after attempt to retake strategic town
Aug 2014: Nigerian special forces claim that they now move to retake Gwoza...
Aug 2014: Whereabouts of new emir unknown as Boko Haram takes over emirate
Aug 2014: Christians fled the Gwoza area either to Cameroon or places outside of Borno
Aug 2014: Capture of Gwoza town by Boko Haram, army fled, many inhabitants killed
July 2014: Cameroon deputy prime minister's wife kidnapped in Kolofata
July 2014: 63 Captives escaped from Boko Haram had alegedly been held near Gwoza
June 2014: Suicide bomber kills 3 solidiers at checkpoint near school in Gwoza town
June 2014: Cameroonians fear Boko Haram infiltration across international border
June 2014: Alex Crawford, sky news, looks across the border from Cameroon...
June 2014: Boko Haram threat spreads into Cameroon - boys snatched from villages
June 2014: Madagali villagers kill 70 Boko Haram militants in search for food
June 2014: Hundreds of houses burnt in villages to the eastern foot of the Gwoza hills
June 2014: Dozens killed in Attagara (eastern foot of Gwoza hills)
June 2014: Christians from Gwoza area release details about 6 abducted girls
June 2014: Food scarcity forces residents of Gwoza East to eat wild fruits and roots
June 2014: Severe killings and burnings in Ngoshe Kasa (eastern foot of Gwoza hills)
June 2014: Bomb on football crowd near Mubi (southwestern Mandara mountains)
June 2014: Governor of Borno attends funeral of the Emir of Gwoza and sees destruction
May 2014: Emir of Gwoza killed by Boko Haram
May 2014: Villagers from Madagali area defend themselves (western foot of Gwoza hills)
May 2014: Press release by Mega-Chad international research network on Boko Haram
May 2014: Attack on Limankara and blowing up bridge (western foot of Gwoza hills)
May 2014: 11 girls abducted in Warabe (western foot of Gwoza hills)
April 2014: abduction of Chibok girls (southwest of Gwoza hills)
April 2014: attack on Wala (western foot of Gwoza hills)
April 2014: raid on Ngoshe Kasa (Glavda) and other places nearby
April 2014: another attack on Ngoshe Sama (Gvoko) with many dead
April 2014: dans le nord du Cameroun, la peur de Boko Haram gagne du terrain
March 2014: army claims capture of insurgents in Mandara mountains (Gwoza hills)
Feb 2014: raid on Izhge (west of Gwoza hills)
Feb 2014: killings in Konduga (northwest of Gwoza hills)
Jan 2014: raid on Waga Chakawa (foot of Tur heights, near Madagali)
Jan 2014: killings in Madagali local government (foot of Tur heights)
Jan 2014: raid in Damboa local government (west of Gwoza hills)
Dec 2013: Boko Haram crosses border to Cameroon to east of Gwoza hills
Dec 2013: Unreported killing on the Cameroonian side of Ashigashiya
Nov 2013: plight of Christians in Gwoza (letter to governor of Borno)
Nov 2013: attacks on villages along eastern foot of Gwoza hills
Nov 2013: Attack on Ngoshe Sama (Gvoko) with detailed report
Oct 2013: Cameroon struggles with thousands of Nigerian refugees
Sept 2013: report of abducted girl from Ghwa'a in Dghwede
July 2013: refugee situation in Maroua and Mokolo (Cameroon)
July 2013: Thousands flee from eastern plain of Gwoza hills to Cameroon
July 2013: conflict in Barawa (eastern foot of Gwoza hills)
July 2013: 15000 Borno residents relocate to Cameroon
July 2013: did Shekau flee from Sambisa forest to Gwoza hills?
June 2013: Boko Haram threatens residents of Gwoza , Pulka and Kirawa
June 2013: Mayo-Moskota: Un millier de réfugiés nigérians s'installent
June 2013: Boko Haram fighters regroup in Gwoza hills
June 2013: attacks in various villages in the Gwoza hills
April 2013: attack and killings in Mildu (Adamawa state)
Dec 2012: Boko Haram gunmen attack in Maiha (Adamawa state) killed 21 people
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