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This video grab image created on August 14, 2016 taken from a video released on youtube purportedly by Boko Haram showing what is claimed to be one of the group’s fighters at an undisclosed location standing in front of girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014. AFP
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Nigerian soldiers hold up a Boko Haram flag that they had seized in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015. Chadian and Nigerien soldiers took the town from Boko Haram militants earlier this week. The Nigerian army said on Tuesday it had repelled Boko Haram from all but three local government districts in the northeast, claiming victory for its offensive against the Islamist insurgents less than two weeks before a presidential election. Picture taken March 18. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun – RTR4TZO2
ISIS Names New Leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram
ISIS named a new leader of Boko Haram, the Nigerian ultra-hardline militant group which last year pledged allegiance to it. Abu Musab al-Barnawi was named ISIS’ governor for West Africa in a two-page interview in its weekly magazine, al-Naba, which was...Caption:
People sitting on a car, leave Diffa, southeastern Niger, on June 15, 2016, following attacks by Boko Haram in the region. Boko Haram on June 9 attacked a military post in Bosso in Niger’s Diffa region, killing 26 soldiers including two from neighbouring Nigeria, in one of its deadliest attacks in Niger. Niger and Chad’s troops will engage “immediately” while Nigeria will launch an operation from the south of its territory and Cameroon will push forward from the east flank. The objective is to trap Boko Haram “in a pincer movement”, the defence minister said. / AFP
Regional Armies Struggle with Last Push in Campaign against Boko Haram
Surrounded with dozens-strong security detail for protection, Niger’s Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum addressed a crowd of refugees seated quietly on dusty, sun-baked flats. “You’ll all be able to go home soon. Boko Haram is nearly finished,”...Caption:
Nigerian special forces prepare to fight Boko Haram in Diffa on March 26, 2015. Reuters
U.S. General: Boko Haram Fracturing over ISIS Ties
A senior U.S. general has said that Nigerian militants Boko Haram have fractured internally, with a big group splitting away from shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau over his failure to adhere to guidance from the Iraq- and Syria-based ISIS. Marine Lieutenant General...Caption:
An Algerian military helicopter flies over Amenas city (Reuters)