Lagos, May 16, 2025 (AFP) - Jihadists in Nigeria turn to TikTok to spread propaganda

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2025-05-16

Jihadists in northeastern Nigeria are surging -- and using social media to spread the word of their campaigns and recruit fighters. At least 100 people were killed in the new wave of jihadist attacks in April alone, as the governor of Borno, the epicentre of the violence which has raged since 2009, said the state is losing ground to armed groups. At the same time, apparent jihadists and their boosters on TikTok were flaunting rifles, grenades and......

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