The leader of Boko Haram Islamist rebels has said in a video that the Nigerian military offensive is failing in its goal of crushing the four-year-old insurgency, according to Reuters.
Abubakar Shekau’s statement, in a video seen by Reuters on Wednesday, was the first word from Boko Haram since
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