Boko Haram Nigeria announced that all Boko Haram camps had been destroyed. The group's name has always been "Jamā'atu Ahli is-Sunnah lid-Da'wati wal-Jihād" (), meaning "Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawa and Jihad". It was briefly known as "Wilayat Garb Ifrqiya", meaning "West African Province", between March 2015 and August 2016 while it was a part of the Islamic State. The name "Boko Haram" is usually translated as "Western education is forbidden". Haram is from the Arabic ("ḥarām", "forbidden"); and the Hausa word "boko" (the first vowel is long, the second pronounced in a low tone), meaning "fake", which is
Boko Haram later, Shekau refused to accept al-Barnawi's appointment as leader and vowed to fight him while stating that he was still loyal to ISIL's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The group has since split into pro-Barnawi and pro-Shekau factions, with reports of armed clashes breaking out between them. Shekau has released videos since the split in which he refers to his group by its previous name of "Jamatu Ahlis Sunna Lidawatti wal Jihad". On 23 August 2016, the Nigerian Army announced it conducted an overnight air-operation that was 'very successful' in killing the leadership of Boko Haram. Among those presumed killed was