... finds itself at the core of the IS strategy.
Islamic State’s Wilayat — West Africa
For many years, the Sahel region has been the place of concentration and mounting activity for numerous jihadist groups of various strains. Such terrorist factions as Boko Haram (recognized as a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) and Al-Qaeda (recognized as a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) along with smaller alliances of radicals have been waging a full-scale war against ...
... their activities. The Algerian authorities flatly refused “to enter the Libyan swamp.”
However, about a month ago, Algeria together with South Africa began to render covert assistance to its ally Nigeria in the latter’s fight against Boko Haram, which had pledged formal allegiance to ISIS. This assistance played an important role in the recent successful operations on the “Nigerian front.”
However, the observed worsening of the situation (ISIS continues to “metastasize” ...
... 2015, Nigeria’s electoral commission decided to delay the presidential elections, previously scheduled for February 14, 2015, by six weeks due to security concerns. The commission stated that the army was already too overstretched in fighting Boko Haram and would be unable to provide the necessary security during the voting process. Despite criticism from the opposition party All Progressives Congress (APC), which defined it a “setback for democracy”, it is clear that Nigeria is ...
