IRIN Global | What does the Boko Haram/ISIS alliance mean?

Six years of Boko Haram violence has killed more than 25,000 people and forced 2.5 million from their homes. But the war is not yet won and the humanitarian impact will be felt for many years to come. Nigeria’s insurgent group Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad (People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad), better known as Boko Haram, has declared allegiance to

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“Boko Haram could draw on the technical expertise of the ISIS network in Libya. There could be help with bomb-making and IEDs , or command and control to help them weather the pounding they are getting from the regional military forces currently operating against them,”