Nigeria describes Lakurawa as a new terror group. It is not. It’s been operating along the Nigeria-Niger border since 1999, an indication of the region’s growing ungoverned spaces.

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Lukarawa, according to the don, is a Malian-based group known in the Sahel as Jama’atu Muslimina with members cutting across different tribes ...

According to a 2021 study, the Lakurawa group was initially invited by local leaders in Gudu and Tangaza LGAs of Sokoto State ...

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As he put it, “the group that is called ‘lakurawa’ today has been sporadically living or camping in the north western part of Nigeria for over six years now. They first started illegally entering ...

The Nigerian Army has recently identified Lakurawa as a deadly force threatening northwestern Nigeria. Legit.ng has compiled ...

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