After Boko Haram, economic decline and banditry, the northwestern states of Nigeria now face another threat: the terrorist organization Ansaru [acronyme de Jama’atu Ansaril Muslimina fi Biladis Sudan, soit “L’avant-garde pour la protection des musulmans en Afrique noire”].
This organization stemming from Boko Haram [groupe sunnite pour la prédication et le djihad. En langue haoussa Boko Araamuu, souvent traduit par “L’éducation occidentale est un péché” mais qui peut aussi signifier “La tromperie est péché”] enjoys the support of Al-Qaeda [en 2022, le groupe a prêté allégeance à Al-Qaida au Maghreb islamique] and is on the rise. By striving to win hearts and minds and protecting her followers from bandits, she is creating an important new front in the battle for the
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