d On August 23, Nigeria's government said that it no longer has any doubts that Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, is dead. • Reports of Shekau's death first emerged three months ago following a confrontation between Boko Haram and its rival, Islamic State West Africa Province (!SWAP), in

clashes with rival Islamic State-allied jihadists in the north of the country, two intelligence sources said Thursday." After a series of clashes, "Shekau and some of his fighters were surrounded on Wednesday by ISWAP jihadists in Boko Haram's Sambisa forest stronghold, where they demanded he surrende