Boko Haram

Northern and central Nigeria are engulfed in a violent insurgency campaign waged by Jama''atu Ahlis Sunnah Lidda''awati w''al Jihad, a.k.a. ''Boko Haram'', and more recently, its splinter group ''Ansaru''. From its inception an inward-looking, almost parochial, movement, Boko Haram, and even more so Ansaru, have now showed clear signs of regionalization, expanding their operations across West Afri...