The Resurgence of Ansaru

The re-emergence of Ansaru, after some years of inactivity, is perhaps an opportunity for the Nigerian state to reassess its strategy towards the war on terror. The Origins of Ansaru ‘Jama’atu Ansaril Muslimina fi Biladis Sudan’, meaning the Vanguard of Aid and Protection for Muslim’s in Black Africa (or JAMB), is also referred to as ‘Al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel’. More commonly, the group is known as ‘Ansaru’ and its motto, Jihad Fi Sabilillah ‘struggle towards the

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