World Magazine quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how Boko Haram’s pledge of allegiance to ISIS could globalize the threat posed by these two groups:
Fighters from ISIS franchises in North Africa who face trouble migrating to the Middle East may instead move to Boko Haram’s territory, warned J. Peter Pham, director of the Washington-based Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. Over time, the pledge likely will mean a globalizing of the caliphate, he said.