Russia’s War in Ukraine Is Taking a Toll on Africa

Boko Haram Steps Up Offensive as Nigeria Halts US Military Training Program 

Boko Haram, the African militant group that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) over the summer, appears to have borrowed a page from the jihadists' playbook as it unleashes a deadly wave of attacks across northern Nigeria in its quest to carve out an Islamic state rooted in Shariah law.