LAGOS: When Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria last year, there were fears the deadly insurgency in northeast Nigeria would take on an international dimension.

The world’s deadliest designated terrorist organisations -- notorious for the indiscriminate slaughter of tens of thousands of people -- were now officially linked.

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