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Nigeria's army said on Thursday it had killed the new leader of insurgent group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in a military operation this month, two weeks after announcing the death of the group's former head Abu Musab al-Barnawi.
Army spokesman Brigadier Benard Onyuko said Nigerian troops had conducted several land and air raids, during which ISWAP's new leader, Malam Bako, was killed.