Niamey, Niger, Aug 21, 2025 (AFP) - Niger army claims to have killed a Boko Haram leader

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The Niger army on Thursday said that it had killed a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, where the country borders Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. Bakura was killed during a "surgical operation" on an island in the Diffa region of southeast Niger last week, a statement read. He led a splinter group loyal to former Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, refusing to join rival faction the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWA......

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