The Lake Chad Basin has reportedly descended into one of the most intense episodes of insurgent-on-insurgent warfare in recent years, as Boko Haram’s Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) launched a massive coordinated attack on its rival faction, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
Papers News understands that Boko Haram captured multiple island strongholds in Abadam and Kukawa local government areas of Borno State.