Boko Haram: A decade of terror explained



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It has been exactly 10 years since Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf was killed in police custody.

His death sparked a terror campaign in Nigeria that killed more than 30,000 people and displaced more than two million people.

BBC correspondent in Nigeria, Mayeni Jones, examines the roots of the militant Islamist group, its rise to global infamy and whether it will continue to be a force in the region in 10 years.

Graphics, animation and editing: Manuella Bonomi

Producers: Naomi Scherbell-Ball and Hugo Williams

Researchers: Sheila Kimani and Princess Abumere

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