Maiduguri
Ménaka
Ngaoundéré
Ghat
Kandi
I-n-Amguel
Gusau
Tamanrasset
Jos
Niamey
Mao
Birnin
Konni
Djado
Séguédine
Madama
Arlit
Dirkou
Dosso
Birnin Kebbi
Kano
Nguru
N’Djamena
AGADEZ
Bida
Maroua
Abuja
Bongor
Sokoto
Gombe
Gouré
Garoua
Zinder
Tanout
Parakou
Iseyin
Ilorin
Ibadan
Lagos
Kaduna
Osogbo
Djanet
Nguigmi
Yola
Ikare
Arak
Diffa
Gamboru
Tahoua
Kidal
Makurdi
Potiskum
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Air Base
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Nigerien Air Base 101
Tchibarakaten
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October 2017:
4 U.S. soldiers and
5 Nigeriens killed
April 2018:
30 civilians killed
April 2014:
276 schoolgirls
abducted and
held hostage
May 2014:
315 civilians killed
ALGERIA
LIBYA
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CAMEROON
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Fasso
LAWLESS LIBYA
Many people crossing this
shattered state’s porous bor-
ders are looking for seasonal
or permanent work, or passing
through on their way to Europe.
MATTHEW W. CHWASTYK, NGM STAFF; SCOTT ELDER. SOURCES: NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR THE STUDY OFTERRORISM AND RESPONSES TO TERRORISM (START), GLOBAL TERRORISM DATABASE (1970-2017, PRELIMINARY DATA:JAN.-OCT. 2018); RICCARDO PRAVETTONI, RHIPTO; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION; EMMANUELGRÉGOIRE AND LAURENT GAGNOL, “RUÉES VERS L’OR AU SAHARA,” ECHOGÉO, 2017; U.S. AFRICA COMMAND;ÉTAT-MAJOR DES ARMÉES, FRANCE; UNITED NATIONS; OPENSTREETMAP CONTRIBUTORS; EOX IT SERVICES GMBHSMUGGLING STOPOVER
An ancient travel hub on the edge
of the Sahara, the bustling trading
city of Agadez hosts thousands of
migrants each year on one of the
main routes across the desert.
BOKO HARAM
Since 2011, the insurgent group
based in northern Nigeria has
sought to recast that country
as a state based on sharia, or
Islamic law. The group is linked
to as many as 37,530 deaths.