Ref: “Isis extends ‘caliphate’ to west Africa after Boko Haram pledge of allegiance”, The Times, London, 13 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 13 March 2015)

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