Boko Haram (ISIS Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiyya)

Boko Haram is a Salafi-jihadi militant organization in Nigeria that operates primarily out of the country's northeast. The group is waging an insurgency against the Nigerian state and seeks to establish shari'a-based governance in the Lake Chad Basin area. 
The historically fractious group underwent schisms in January 2012, when a faction closer to al Qaeda and operating under the name Ansaru broke away, and in August 2016, when ISIS recognized a new leader. Boko Haram emir Abubakr Shekau leads his faction. ISIS leadership recognizes Abu Musab al Barnawi as the leader of its Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiyya (West Africa Province).

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Boko Haram is a Salafi-jihadi militant organization in Nigeria that operates primarily out of the country's northeast. The group is wagin... Show More