Gunmen kill 30 in two Nigeria village raids - vigilantes Islamists

Feb 16, 2016, 13:52

Still, the huge troop deployments in Damboa have not been able to prevent the Islamist militants from carrying out random attacks on remote villages like those seen over the weekend.

Mohamud said Boko Haram is not only backed by the middle east's ISIL, as it was discovered recently, it is also being trained by the east Africa's Mujahideen Youth Movement, popularly known as Al-shabab.

"The terrorists are so linked together, they are associated and so organised, (that) we the world we need to be so organised", he said, speaking in English.

The idea of pan-African cooperation between the two groups is a terrifying prospect.

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"Other Boko Haram members believe attacking these camps shows nowhere is safe for these people and continues to pile pressure and embarrassment on the government".

Mauritania is in West Africa, however, a continent's span away from Somalia.

A recent special operation of both countries' armed forces on the Nigerian territory led to the destruction of a Boko Haram factory used for the manufacturing of explosives in Ghoshi, northeast Nigeria, a top management official of the Cameroonian army revealed.

According to the United Nations and Amnesty International, Boko Haram's 6 year insurgency has killed over 20 000 people, and displaced 2.5 million people.

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Hansen doubts the strength of the relationship now, however, due to the different affiliations taken on by each group. Boko Haram has issued appeals to al-Shabaab to abandon al-Qaeda and join ISIS, and the leadership of the group in Raqqa have also released propaganda urging al-Shabaab jihadists to join the Islamic State.

In the past, al-Shabaab has boasted of training foreign militants, including Nigerians, as part of its wider agenda.

"The Boko Haram gunmen killed 22 people in Yakshari by slitting their throats. The visiting unit assisted with the demining of a section of the road between Kirawa Junction to Pulka and handed over two suspected Boko Haram terrorists to the Nigerian unit".

According to sources inside Boko Haram organization, "many [have been] grumbling silently, some have openly voiced their opposition to the elusive Abubakar Shekau over these 'unexplained attacks on the innocent".

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