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Nigeria: Tightening the screw on Boko Haram


Issue 306 - 07 Aug 2015 | 1 minute read

President Muhammadu Buhari has been preoccupied with fighting Boko Haram. In line with his inaugural pledge to reform the armed forces, the chiefs of the army, air force and navy were sacked on 13 July. A seven-month offensive by the militaries of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad has notched up a number of successes against the Islamist insurgent group, marked by the retaking of significant amounts of territory and increasing speculation surrounding the fate of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, who has not been heard from since March.

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