Don’t return to Borno again, Shekau warns Buhari

The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has sent President Muhammadu Buhari a warning, telling him never to return to Borno. The leader of the sect conspicuously told Buhari in a video that his members are fully on ground in the North-East. He said they will attack Buhari if he visits Borno again. “Buhari came to […]

How Boko Haram has evolved over the past ten years

Last month marked ten years since Mohammed Yusuf, founder of Boko Haram, died in police detention. His death led to the radicalisation of the sect and a declaration of Jihad against the Nigerian state. In an earlier paper on the sect I argued that before 2009, its operations were more or less peaceful, but that it was radicalised in 2009 after […]