2015 West African offensive

2015 West African offensive
	Part of the Boko Haram insurgency
	; Boko Haram's territorial control prior to the offensive.
Date	23 January – 24 December 2015; (11 months and 1 day)
Location	Northeast Nigeria, Northern Cameroon, Southeast Niger, Western Chad
Result	Multinational Joint Task Force victory
Belligerents
Multinational Joint Task Force Nigeria; Cameroon; Chad; Niger; ; Local militias; STTEP (foreign mercenaries);	Boko Haram (until March 2015); ISIL Wilayat Gharb Afriqiya (from March 2015); ;
Commanders and leaders
Muhammadu Buhari (from May 2015); Goodluck Jonathan (until May 2015); Kashim Shettima; Isa Yuguda (until May 2015); Lamidi Adeosun; Eeben Barlow; Paul Biya; Idriss Déby; Mahamadou Issoufou;	Abubakar Shekau Abu Musab al-Barnawi
Strength
Nigerian Army: 130,000 active frontline personnel; 32,000 active reserve personnel; ; Nigeria Police Force: 371,800 officers; ; Multinational Joint Task Force: 7,500 active personnel; (excluding Cameroon and Nigeria); ; Cameroonian Armed Forces: 20,000 active personnel; ; United States: 300 advisers; ;	ISIL: 7,000–10,000

Starting in late January 2015, a coalition of West African troops launched an offensive against the Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria.