Of all the terrorist leaders sending out suicide bombers in Africa, Boko Haram’s Abubakar Shekau is probably the most globally recognizable: Who could forget that leering laugh as he boasted last year of kidnapping nearly 300 schoolgirls to use as “slaves”? But where is Shekau now? The Nigerian terrorist group has released several gory videos depicting killings in recent months – but Shekau hasn’t been seen in one since March. President Idriss Deby of neighboring Chad on Wednesday voiced what security analysts have suspected for months: Shekau no longer leads Boko Haram. Is he dead? Sidelined? Severely injured? Deposed? Rumors suggesting all of the above have...
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