{"id":340210,"date":"2026-05-02T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nigerias-war-on-islamist-fighters-to-take-back-control-of-territory\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:00:04","slug":"nigerias-war-on-islamist-fighters-to-take-back-control-of-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nigerias-war-on-islamist-fighters-to-take-back-control-of-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria&#8217;s war on Islamist fighters to take back control of territory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0yTkNSP7WgE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Nigeria's war on Islamist fighters to take back control of territory\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0yTkNSP7WgE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>With fighters, weapons and ideology moving across porous borders&#8230;the Sahel region of north Africa has become the global epicentre of jihadist violence in recent years. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Over half of global terror-related deaths now occur here, according to monitoring groups. For the people who live there, it&#8217;s a cycle of misery that affects all, regardless of their religion.<\/p>\n<p>Our Africa Correspondent Jamal Osman was granted rare access with the Nigerian Army, as they look to wrestle back control of the country&#8217;s far northeast from Islamist fighters. Here&#8217;s his report from the city of Maiduguri.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With fighters, weapons and ideology moving across porous borders&#8230;the Sahel region of north Africa has become the global epicentre of jihadist violence in recent years. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] Over half of global terror-related deaths now occur here, according to monitoring groups. 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