Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume, has called on the Nigerian government to thoroughly investigate the claims of the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, funding Boko Haram and other terrorist organizations.Ndume’s call came against the backdrop of an allegation made by Pennsylvanian Republican lawmaker Scot Perry that USAID was funding terrorist organizations.Perry disclosed this during an inaugural hearing of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Go...

Two weeks after a failed reconciliation attempt between Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), commonly known as Boko Haram, and its breakaway faction, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), both groups have resumed hostilities in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State.This is not the first time the Bakura Doro-led faction of Boko Haram and ISWAP have clashed violently in the Lake Chad Basin’s island regions.According to counterinsurgency exp...

A clash between rival terrorist factions has led to the deaths of several fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, and the Bakoura-led Boko Haram.The confrontation occurred east of Mallam Fatori in Borno State, near the border with the Niger Republic, towards the eastern part of Boso.Security analyst and counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama stated that “the fighting led to the deaths of dozens of terrorists on both sides, with several fighte...