Battle of Lake Chad
| Battle of Lake Chad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Boko Haram insurgency and the Camp Holocaust campaign | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Boko Haram | Islamic State | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
|
Hassan Buduma Mohd Hassan | Unknown | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Boko Haram | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Dozens of armed boats | 10 armed boats | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 4 killed | 170–200 killed | ||||||||
The Battle of Lake Chad was waged between 5 and 8 November 2025 on Lake Chad in Nigeria's Borno State between rival jihadist groups of Boko Haram and the Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP). The clashes have been described as a "turf war".