Niger armed forces kill Boko Haram leader ”Bakoura”

"The Nigerien army claims to have killed ’Bakoura’, a long-time leader of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram on Shilawa Island in Southeastern Niger.
"An air force fighter aircraft launched three targeted and successive strikes on the positions Bakoura used to occupy in Shilawa," an army source told AFP.
’Bakoura, ’ whose real name is Ibrahim Mahamadou, has been the leader of Boko Haram since 2021." AfricaNews