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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Who Is The Leader Of Boko Haram? [Watch (HLS stream): Who Is The Leader Of Boko Haram?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/D9jtIA2G.m3u8) (2:13)  _Published 2014-05-08. Who Is The Leader Of Boko Haram?_ --- Jul 27, 2023 4:37 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Boko Haram Militants Marching and Training](/video/AmE3ooOj/) ### Boko Haram Militants Marching and Training [Boko Haram Abduction and Terror](/video/aONwMaQI/) ### Boko Haram Abduction and Terror [Boko Haram: 'I Abducted Your Girls'](/video/hgwr1ZHD/) ### Boko Haram: 'I Abducted Your Girls' --- ## Transcript [ FOREIGN ] He's one of the most wanted men in the world. The leader of Nigeria's growing terrorist threat, Boko Haram. But who is Abubakar Shekau? [ FOREIGN ]. [ FOREIGN ] Smiling and laughing, he admits to the mass kidnapping of nearly 300 girls. While he's posted a number of videos online, espousing his extremist Islamic ideology, saying he wants to end all western education. Little is known about Shekau. His exact, age, is not clear. He's said to be in his mid 30s or 40s. [ FOREIGN ]. Experts say Shekau considers himself, an Islamic holy man. But he's also a ruthless killer. His group blamed for attacks that have killed thousands of innocent civilians. [ FOREIGN ]. Shekau was once deputy, to Boko Harrum founder Mohammed Yousuf, until Nigerian security forces killed him in 2009. Shekau was also thought to be dead, but he resurfaced a year later announcing in a video he was the new leader of the group. He was reportedly wounded in 2012, and there were reports again last year, that he'd been killed. So far his attacks have been largely confined to Nigeria, but Shakau has also declared his allegiance to Al queda ., [ FOREIGN ] [ CROSSTALK ]. The U. S. State Department, has declared Shekau a global terrorist, and put a $ 7 million bounty on his head. Nigerian authorities have tried for years to capture or kill him, but so far. Abubakar Shekau has managed to evade all attempts, to stop his campaign of terror. Jonathan Mann, CNN. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Who Is The Leader Of Boko Haram?","description":"Who Is The Leader Of Boko Haram?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/D9jtIA2G/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-08T14:49:42.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/D9jtIA2G.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/D9jtIA2G/","duration":"PT2M13S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/D9jtIA2G/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```