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Contextualizing the Islamic State's Gains in Africa

May 21, 2015 | 08:00 GMT

Rubble remains July 27, 2010, at the former headquarters of Boko Haram destroyed in 2009 by the police and military in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri in Borno state.
Rubble remains July 27, 2010, at the former headquarters of Boko Haram destroyed in 2009 by the police and military in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri in Borno state.

(PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)

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