Bottom Line Up FrontIt is probable that Islamic State core transferred its technological know-how to its West African province (ISWAP) through direct [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontDrones have become a trusted tool in the arsenal of non-state actors seeking to engage in asymmetric attacks against a more [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontDrones have become a trusted tool in the arsenal of non-state actors seeking to engage in asymmetric attacks against a more [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontBoko Haram has evolved from a group focused on economic and social development in Nigeria into a transnational terrorist [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontBoko Haram has evolved from a group focused on economic and social development in Nigeria into a transnational terrorist [...]
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Bottom Line: Terrorist group Boko Haram has lost most of the territory it claimed as a “caliphate” within Nigeria back in 2015. But the group still [...]
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Rising violence in the Central African Republic is stoking fears of a return to intense fighting between Christian and Muslim armed groups not seen [...]
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Although deaths from the terrorist group Boko Haram are down since they peaked in 2012, the group continues to wreak havoc across the northern part [...]
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Suicide attacks and deaths attributed to the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram have been increasing over the first half of 2017. Nigerian President [...]
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Editor’s Note: Over the coming days, The Cipher Brief presents some of our most incisive coverage on key issues of 2016 and a look ahead at what is [...]
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Boko Haram militants have released 21 missing schoolgirls, who were kidnapped from Chibok more than two years ago, to Nigerian authorities as part of [...]
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While claims last week by a Nigerian army spokesman that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau was “fatally wounded” in an August 19 airstrike should be [...]
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Despite sustained efforts by the Nigerian military to root out Boko Haram from its stronghold in northeastern Nigeria, the terrorist organization [...]
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A key moment on the Boko Haram timeline occurred in March 2015, when the group pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS). According to Dr. [...]
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There is a leadership struggle underway within Boko Haram, the violent, extremist movement that has claimed more than 20,000 lives since 2011 and [...]
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Nigeria faces three distinct security crises, with one common thread: failure of governance. Terrorist group Boko Haram continues to wreak havoc in [...]
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On March 7, 2015, Boko Haram pledged allegiance to ISIS. Nearly a year later, has either of these terrorist groups gained from this partnership?For [...]
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