location: Mafa
notes: On 05/03, Nigeria announced that troops were now in 'full control' of Mafa, some 50 kilometres east of Maiduguri, 'after completing the operation to clear militants from the town'. There was no independent verification of the claim. Causalities not known. The date(s) of actual fighting not known - source dated 05/03.
target_text: location: Mafa, fatalities: 0