Chad announced three days of national mourning after Boko Haram militants killed two generals in a Wednesday attack in the Lake Chad Basin, a volatile region experiencing persistent jihadist insurgency.

President Donald Trump announced that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-in-command of Islamic State globally, was killed in a joint US-Nigerian military operation in the Lake Chad Basin. Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu described the strike as a significant example of effective counter-terrorism collaboration. The post US and Nigerian Forces Kill Islamic State’s Second-in-Command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki appeared first on Daily K2 English .