Boko Haram leader is dead, rival ISWAP confirms

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Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau killed himself in a fight against rival jihadist fighters, the rival Islamic State West Province (ISWAP) group said in audio released to AFP Sunday, two weeks after reports emerged that he had died.

He killed himself instantly by detonating an explosive,” a voice speaking in the Kanuri language resembling that of ISWAP leader Abu Musab Al-Barnawi said, in audio given to AFP by the same source who sent previous messages from the group. ( AFP )

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