Damboa market, shut after 2014 Boko Haram attacks, re-opens in Borno State
On April 3, ISIS’s news agency, Amaq, released photos documenting two recent attacks by the terrorist group’s branch in Nigeria, the Islamic State-West Africa Province (ISWAP). The first attack, which took place n March 30, targeted what ISWAP called an “African coalition force” near the town of Sabinain in the northeastern state of Borno. During the attack, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) driven by a suicide bomber, Abu Ali al-Ansari, targeted the force. Amaq said that ten African personnel ...