On May 16, a senior IS group figure was killed in a strike led by Nigerian and US forces as part of a joint operation to target jihadists of the group in the northeast of Nigeria. But although Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was a prominent figure of the IS group, he wasn't the second-in-command of IS group worldwide, as US President Donald Trump claimed at the time of his killing. FRANCE 24's Wassim Nasr tells us more about who he was, and what his death means for Nigeria.
Nigeria: Who was the targeted Islamic State group leader and why was he targeted by the US?
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