Nigeria: Boko Haram fighters reported killed, while famine looms

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Boko Haram: 'Senior fighters killed' in Nigeria raid

Group's leader Abubakar Shekau believed to be fatally wounded in air strike carried out by the military, say officials

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[eldvno]

Thank you for this post, OP, it is very informative!

I am worried that food instability is going to strengthen Boko Haram, particularly because so much on the food/aid is coming from governmental agencies (either Nigerian, or UN). Because these are imperfect systems, BK can use it as a recruiting point, saying that "the west" (i.e. anyone against BK) do not have people as a top priority because if they did, there would no starvation.

I also see this as part of a much larger problem with climate change becoming the biggest factor in regional instability, we are seeing that in Yemen, in Syria, in the Lake Chad region, and it is just going to keep growing.