Boko Haram At Fresh Battle In Borno
Last updated on September 20th, 2020 at 08:53 pm | This article was published at an earlier date and has been updated with new information. Boko Haram and Nigerian Army At Fresh Battle In Borno Brief about Boko Haram Referred to by themselves as WilÄyat Gharb IfrÄ«qÄ«yyah ‎(Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP) and JamÄ’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-JihÄd “Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad”), is an Islamic extremist group based in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon. The group’s leader is Abubakar Shekau. The group had alleged links to al-Qaeda, but in March 2015, it announced its allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Since the current insurgency started in 2009, it … Read more