Situation report: Lake Chad shore and islands (Nigerian side)
Named danger area.
| Level Extreme |
Coordinates 12°57′00″N 13°33′00″E 12.9500, 13.5500 radius ≈ 70 km |
Covers 5 LGAs |
Report date 2026-09-28 |
ISWAP's core territory: Marte, Monguno, Kukawa, Baga and the lake islands, where the group taxes fishing and trade and attacks military bases.
Map: LGAs shaded by twelve-month ACLED intensity (2025-10 to 2026-09); black outline = this named danger area; dashed = state lines; squares = military installations (town level).
Conflict intensity, last twelve months (ACLED)
| Political-violence events | 182 |
| Deaths in those events | 1,341 |
| Attacks on civilians | 29 |
| Civilians killed | 86 |
| LGAs at extreme | 2 |
| LGAs at high | 3 |
| LGAs at elevated | 0 |
How it developed
Archive record
191 incidents in the Dustline archive fall here, with 5,048 deaths recorded.
| Date | Place | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | Nganzai, Borno | FOB Gajiram troops arrest suspected terrorist spy on Maiduguri–Monguno axis |
| 2026-09-02 | Monguno, Borno | Two ISWAP terrorists surrender to Nigerian Army in Monguno |
| 2026-05-27 | Kukawa, Borno | MNJTF naval detachment intercepts ISWAP logistics supply canoes on Lake Chad |
| 2026-05-16 | Mobbar, Borno | Joint US-Nigeria strike kills ISWAP deputy leader Abu-Bilal al-Minuki |
| 2025-11-05 | Borno | JAS fighters seize ISWAP bases in Battle of Lake Chad |
| 2023-03-05 | Monguno, Borno | ISWAP and Nigerian security forces — Monguno, Borno (2023-03-05) |
| 2023-03-01 | Guzamala, Borno | ISWAP — Gudumbali, Guzamala, Borno (2023-03-01) |
| 2023-02-20 | Kukawa, Borno | Nigerian security forces (against Boko Haram) — Baranga and Dogon Chuku, Kukawa, Borno (2023-02-20) |
| 2023-02-06 | Kukawa, Borno | Nigerian security forces (against Boko Haram) — Tumbun Barebare, Tumbun Mata, Kaye Kura, Kwatan Yobe and Dumba, Kukawa, Borno (2023-02-06) |
| 2023-01-15 | Monguno, Borno | ISWAP and Nigerian security forces — Monguno, Borno (2023-01-15) |
Military installations within 150 km
| MNJTF Sector 3 headquarters | Monguno | 32 km |
| 7 Division | Maiduguri | 131 km |
| Theatre Command, Operation Hadin Kai | Maiduguri | 132 km |
| NAF Base Maiduguri | Maiduguri | 132 km |
Advisories and named areas
US travel advisory: Borno State — Terrorism and kidnapping (Level 4, do not travel).
Limits
- ACLED counts recorded events. Rural violence is under-reported everywhere, and more so where journalists cannot go.
- Levels summarise twelve months; a road can change within days. Current advisories and local security briefings outrank this report.
- Approximate extent drawn as a circle around a well-known location. It marks where danger is concentrated, not a line inside which it begins; the areas around it are not implied to be safe.
Sources: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), www.acleddata.com — aggregates via HDX, as of 25 September 2026. Boundaries: OCHA COD-AB Nigeria (CC BY-IGO). Map base: Natural Earth (public domain), naturalearthdata.com; state boundaries OCHA COD-AB Nigeria (CC BY-IGO). Archive: Dustline snapshot of dustlinemap.online, 22 September 2026. Advisory: US Department of State.