Chad Basin campaign (2018–2020)

Chad Basin campaign
	Part of the Boko Haram insurgency
	; Map of Lake Chad and surroundings in 1973, including many locations that were targeted by insurgents in late 2018 and early 2019
Date	November 2018 – February 2020
Location	Southern Chad Basin (mostly northeastern Nigeria)
Result	Partial Multinational Joint Task Force victory Much territory is retaken from rebel forces; Insurgents retain significant presence in the Chad Basin; ISWAP experiences extensive leadership struggles, resulting in the successive purges of two leaders and several sub-commanders;
Territorial; changes	ISWAP retains control of some settlements in Borno State
Belligerents
Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) Nigeria; Niger; Cameroon; Chad; Self-defense militias	Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP); Boko Haram
Commanders and leaders
Mansur Dan Ali; (Nigerian Defense Minister); Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai Jon Walsh; (Nigerian chief of army staff); Joseph Beti Assomo; (Cameroonian Defense Minister); Lt. Gen. René Claude Meka; (Cameroonian defense chief of staff); Daoud Yaya Brahim; (Chadian Defense Minister); Taher Erda; (Chadian chief of general staff); Maj. Gen. Chikezie Ude; (MJTF chief); Maj. Gen. Olufemi Akinjobi; (Operation Yancin Tafki Land Component commander)	Abu Musab al-Barnawi (WIA); (until March 2019); Ba Idrisa ("Abu Abdullah Idris ibn Umar al-Barnawi") (MIA); (from March 2019); Bo Lawan ("Lawan Abubakar"); Mustapha Kirmimma (MIA); Mohammad Bashir ; Mustapha Jere ; Ali Abdullahi ; Baba Mayinta Abubakar Shekau; Man Chari †; "Bakura"
Units involved
Nigerian Armed Forces; Niger Armed Forces; Cameroon Armed Forces; Military of Chad	Military of ISIL Several brigades; Inghimasi; Boko Haram forces "Bakura Faction";
Strength
Thousands; Numerous aircraft	ISWAP:; c. 3,000–3,500 (2018 estimate); 5,000–18,000 (2019 estimate) Boko Haram:; c. 1,000–1,500 (estimate)
Casualties and losses
Hundreds killed; Much war materiel destroyed or captured	Hundreds killed; Many vehicles destroyed or captured
	Hundreds of civilians killed, hundreds of thousands displaced

The Chad Basin campaign of 2018–2020 was a series of battles and offensives in the southern Chad Basin, particularly northeastern Nigeria, which took place amid the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency. The Chad Basin witnessed an upsurge of insurgent activity from early November 2018, as rebels belonging to the Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram launched offensives and several raids to regain military strength and seize territory in a renewed attempt to establish an Islamic state in the region. These attacks, especially those by ISWAP, met with considerable success and resulted in the displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians. The member states of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF), namely Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon responded to the increased insurgent activity with counter-offensives. These operations repulsed the rebels in many areas but failed to fully contain the insurgency.

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