{"id":4553,"date":"2019-02-14T16:45:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=4553"},"modified":"2019-02-14T16:45:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:45:26","slug":"boko-haram-nigerias-jihadist-group-is-regaining-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/boko-haram-nigerias-jihadist-group-is-regaining-strength","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram, Nigeria\u2019s jihadist group, is regaining strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0A wild-eyed\u00a0Nigerian soldier looks into the camera: \u201cWe don\u2019t have adequate weapons,\u201d he says. \u201cWe can\u2019t just be wasting our lives.\u201d Nigerian opposition activists, who have circulated the video widely, say it shows soldiers fleeing an offensive by Boko Haram, the bloodthirsty jihadists terrorising north-eastern Nigeria, in December. Army officials say the footage is from 2014, the nadir of their fight against the militants. Few believe the official line.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Boko-Haram-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Boko-Haram-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Boko-Haram.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria\u2019s president, came to power in 2015 promising to defeat Boko Haram. His inauguration was followed by military success. Insurgents were expelled from towns they had captured and forced into the bush. 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