1) Last week, Nigerian militant group Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, according to reports that cited a separate audio message.

1) Last week, Nigerian militant group Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, according to reports that cited a separate audio message.

2) Boko Haram leader Abu Bakr Shekau reportedly said the group would “hear and obey” the caliph “in times of difficulty and prosperity.”

3) The self-proclaimed leader of the Islamic State has accepted a pledge of allegiance [ə'liːʤ(ə)n(t)s] from Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

4) “Our caliph, God save him, has accepted the pledge of loyalty of our brothers of Boko Haram so we congratulate Muslims and our jihadi brothers in West Africa,” Reuters quoted Islamic State spokesman Abu Mohammad Adnani as saying in an audio message.

калиф, халиф (в некоторых странах Среднего и Ближнего Востока титул верховного правителя мусульман, совмещавшего светскую и духовную власть)

5) He was referring to self-proclaimed IS leader Abu Bakr Baghdadi.

6) In the audio recording, Adnani also called on others to join the Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL), stressing that if supporters cannot join the fight in Syria and Iraq, they should head to Africa.

7) At the same time, he voiced more threats against Jews and Christians.

8) In November, numerous other jihadists from Egypt, Algeria, Libya and other countries also pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.

9) This January, Afghani and Pakistani militants joined the Islamic State, claiming they constituted its province.

to constitute one's province (?)

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