![]() Yusuf’s deputy and successor, Abubakar Shekau, took over the reins locally. After this, Yusuf’s supporters and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb held a meeting in the Sahel to plan a “guerilla war” in Nigeria. It was July 2009 when the group, which then had no formal name, lost its leader-cleric, Muhammed Yusuf, and at least 200 followers in a Nigerian government crackdown. This month, Nigeria enters its 10th year of war against the jihadists called “Boko Haram” (“Western education in sinful”). ![]()
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