February 25 – Soldiers of Bangladeshi border security force Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny and take the commanding army officers and their families hostages at the force’s headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka. 57 army officers are killed along with 17 civilians by the mutineers.
July 26 – The Islamic extremist group Boko Haram initiates an uprising in Bauchi State, Nigeria and quickly spreads throughout the northern part of the country.[32]
August
August 3 – Bolivia becomes the first South American country to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves.[33]
August 7 – Typhoon Morakot hits Taiwan, killing 673 and stranding more than 1,000 via the worst flooding on the island in half a century.[34]