Boko has announced Abu Musab al-Barnawi as their
new leader.
Abu Musab al-Barnawi, who was previously
spokesman for the Nigerian-based Islamists, is featured in the latest issue of
an IS magazine.
It does not say what has become of the
group's former leader Abubakar Shekau.
He was last heard from in an audio message
last August, saying he was alive and had not been replaced - an IS video
released in April said the same.
Boko Haram, which has lost most of the
territory it controlled 18 months ago, is fighting to overthrow Nigeria's
government.
Its seven-year insurgency has left 20,000
people dead, mainly in the country's north-east.
In the interview in IS's weekly Arabic
magazine al-Naba, Mr Barnawi said his group "remained a force to be
reckoned with" and said it had been drawing new recruits.
He described the group's battle against West
African states as a war fought by Muslims against "apostates" and
"crusaders".
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