Nigeria: Boko Haram Deputy Alive, Vows to Continue Anti-Western Fight

A leader of an Islamic sect, Abubakar Shekau, who was believed to have been killed last year in Maiduguri in Nigeria, has resurfaced in a video clip. Shekau, who was the deputy leader of the Boko Haram sect, says he is well and ready to lauch attacks on western culture in Nigeria.

In July last year, the north-eastern city of Maiduguri was the scene of bloody clashes between Boko Haram - which means western education is taboo - and the police.

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