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Supporters of the "Coalition of Northern Groups" (CNG) rally to urge authorities to rescue hundreds of abducted schoolboys, in northwestern state of Katsina, Nigeria on Dec. 17, 2020. (Kola Sulaimon/ AFP) Photo by KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty Images
The ISIS-linked insurgency known as Boko Haram and the Ansaru terror group both have joined forces with bandit gangs in Nigeria’s northern states close to the nation’s capital, people familiar with the situation told The Epoch Times.
That alliance threatens to worsen the violence afflicting this West African nation.
