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ABUJA, Nigeria | Baba Goni, 35, trekked about nine miles to escape from Boko Haram fighters who were laying siege to Gudumbali, a city in rural northeastern Nigeria.

Led by Abu-Mosad Al-Barnawi, the leader of the Islamic State's branch in West Africa, the militants used gun trucks to storm the ...