Ref: “Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State”, Channel 4 Television, London, 8 March 2015

For an essay that highlights the shared ideological, operational and strategic attributes of these transnational islamist insurgent groups, see, for instance, “Baga & Paris – Two massacres, Contrasting responses and consequences”, http://re-thinkingafrica.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/baga-paris-two-massacres-contrasting.html (accessed 8 March 2015)

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