Abubakar Shekau

February 21, 2018 | Thomas Joscelyn

Not So Fast

On January 19, the Pentagon released its new National Defense Strategy. The second paragraph of the 14-page declassified summary painted a dire picture. “Today, we are emerging from a perio...

August 26, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Boko Haram’s Doomed Marriage To The Islamic State

Co-written by Jacob Zenn. When the Nigerian jihadist group popularly known as Boko Haram publicly pl...

June 21, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Boko Haram’s Buyer’s Remorse

When Boko Haram pledged loyalty to the Islamic State in March 2015, it seemed to signal that the jihadi world was bending in the direction of the self-proclaimed caliphate. At the time, Boko Hara...

January 14, 2015 | Laura Grossman The Long War Journal

Boko Haram Continues to Slaughter Nigerians

Since the New Year began, Boko Haram has continued its offensive against Nigerians and its perceived enemies. Setting off what turned into a horrendous chain of events, the...

January 5, 2015 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Boko Haram Overruns Multinational Joint Task Force Base

Boko Haram overwhelmed Nigerian and allied troops and overran the Multinational Joint Task Force base in northeastern Nigeria yesterday. At around 5 a.m. yes...

September 4, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross FDD Policy Brief

Boko Haram Did Not Declare a Caliphate

Reports suggest that Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, either declared a caliphate or announced that the group’s territorial gains have become part of a cal...

May 27, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al Qaeda’s Nigeria Franchise

When Hillary Clinton tweeted her support for the more than 200 Nigerian girls held by the extremist group Boko Haram, she probably did not expect that her tenure as secretary of state would soon...

May 21, 2014 | Clifford D. May

Who Should #BringBackOurGirls?

I’m not among those who object to the Twitter campaign focusing on the kidnapping and enslaving of hundreds of Nigerian school girls. As syndicated columnist, Charles...

April 23, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

In Africa, a Real “War on Women”

Last week, more than a hundred Nigerian students, girls between 15 and 18 years of age, were kidnapped by the al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists of Boko Haram. Most of the girls are still being held....

November 18, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

A Well-Deserved Terrorist Designation

The State Department announced today that Boko Haram, a prolific terrorist and insurgency group based in...

November 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Boko Haram Suicide Bombs Kill 11 at Nigerian Military Church

Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist terror group that has been linked to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Shabaab, killed 11 people in an attack today on a church at a military base in Kaduna. T...

June 4, 2012 | The Long War Journal

New Islamist Group Emerges in Nigeria, Vows to Defend All Muslims in Africa

By LWJ Staff A new Islamist group called Jama'atu Ansarul Musilimina fi Biladin Sudan (Supporters of Islam in the Land of Sudan) has vowed to defend the interests...