US EditionWhat we know about Boko Haram leader Niger claims to have killed
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Ibrahim Mahamadu, known as Bakura, the head of Boko Haram, was killed in Niger during a special operation supported by Moroccan intelligence services. This jihadist group, which appeared in 2009 in northern Nigeria, has caused about 40,000 deaths and caused more than two million people to move. Various international media have indicated that this action was possible thanks to an exchange of information with Morocco, despite the fact that the ins…
What we know about Boko Haram leader Niger claims to have killed
Abidjan (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 Niger's army has claimed to have killed Boko Haram leader Ibrahim Mahamadu, alias "Bakura", without providing evidence, prompting caution from experts and a denial from the jihadist group. After its founding in neighbouring Nigeria in the early 2000s, Boko Haram achieved worldwide notoriety by kidnapping more than 300 schoolgirls in Chibok, in the country's northeast. Much remains mu
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