Understanding Nigeria's new wave of jihadist attacks

Lagos (AFP) May 2, 2025

Nigeria's northeast is facing a brutal resurgence of jihadist attacks, which have killed at least 100 people in April. The state of Borno in particular, where the Boko Haram jihadist group emerged 16 years ago, remains the epicentre of a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 and displaced some two million people in Africa's most populous country. - Several jihadist groups - The