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Nigeria military claimed on Thursday that Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leader of an Islamic State-linked extremist group blamed for killing hundreds in the northeast, is dead. There was no im
stanley cup mediate confirmation from the militants.Gen. Lucky Irabor, Nigeria chief of defense staff, told reporters: I can authoritatively confirm to you that Abu Musab is dead. He gave no further details. It was not possible to independently corroborate the claim and the military gave no further information about how it knew he had been killed.Story continues below this adAl-Barnawi father, Mohammed Yusuf, had been the founding leader of Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group that has been carrying out an insurgency for more than a decade now. The violence has spread to neighboring Niger, Cameroon and Chad as well, destabilizing the Lake Chad region.Al-Barnawi frequently clashed with the man who replaced his father, Abubakar Shekau, and bro
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stanley cups group began targeting civilians working for international aid organizations in the northeast. The faction led by Shekau had appeared weakened and in May it was announced that he had been killed during clashes with fighters linked to Al-Barnawi.Story continues below this adSecurity analysts say that Al-Barnawi, however, had failed to win over thousands of Boko Haram members who had been Ttls Bangladesh arrests woman investigative journalist under colonial-era official secrecy law
Donald Trump will later go to the Texas capital, Austin, to meet state officials, receive briefings and tour the emerge
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stanley polska s on Tuesday to survey the response to Tropical Storm Harvey, the first major natural disaster of his White House tenure. The slow-moving storm has killed at least eight people and paralyzed Houston, the fourth most-populous US city, with unprecedented flooding.It had also roiled energy markets and caused damage estimated to be in the billions of dollars, with rebuilding likely to last beyond Trump current four-year term in office. My administration is coordinating closely with state and local authorities in Texas and Louisiana to save lives, and we thank our first responders and all of those involved in their efforts, Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday.Trump will arrive on Tuesday morning in Corpus Christi, near where Harvey came ashore on Friday as the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years. The president will later go to the Texas capital, Austin, to meet state officials, receive briefings and tour the emergency operation center, the White House said.Story continues below this adForecasters could only draw on a few comparisons to the storm, recalling Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and killed 1,800 people in 2005. The administration of then President George W. Bush faced accusations of launching
