Who’s Running Boko Haram?

This past week, a dispute over the leadership of the Nigerian-based extremist group Boko Haram unfolded in what some say is a sign the six-year insurgency may be coming to an end.   In its weekly online publication, the Islamic State militant group named Abu Musab al-Barnawi as its “governor” of ISWAP, the Islamic State’s West Africa Province, otherwise known as Boko Haram.   The group took over IS in 2014 to become the world’s deadliest terrorist group, according to the 2015...

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