Surviving Boko Haram

August 11, 2025
Skyler Reid with Erin Conway-Smith

In early 2014, Boko Haram began attacking scores of towns across northeastern Nigeria, transforming itself from an Islamist terror group to a full-fledged insurgency. By the time government forces launched a concerted effort to fight back, the group had already killed more than 10,000 people and controlled some 20 percent of Nigeria. Skyler Reid reported from Nigeria with additional reporting by Erin Conway-Smith.

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