The factions have been at war for the last five years after Islamic State dethroned Shekau and installed the much younger Abu Musab al-Barnawi son of Boko Haram founder and Shekau's mentor Mohammed Yusuf as the new leader (AC Dispatches 25//5/21 Two deaths that could strengthen the insurgents)...
DISPATCHES
A day before Attahiru's plane crash reports emerged of a clash between Abubakar Shekau leader of Boko Haram and fighters loyal to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and its leader Abu Musab al Barnawi...
READ FOR FREE
On 23 March 98 Chadian soldiers were killed in an attack on army positions on the Boma peninsula in Lake Chad by Abu Musab al-Barnawi's Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction of Boko Haram...