Disconcertingly Animate

HOW many times can one man die? At least four, in the case of Abubakar Shekau, the slippery leader of Boko Haram. Nigerian security forces celebrated his demise in 2009, 2013 and 2014, only for him to pop up again, disconcertingly animate, on camera.

"Boko Haram: Shadow army" The Economist, Volume 416 Number 8954, September 5th-11th 2015, 54, Accessed on September 7, 2015, http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21663254-nigeria-has-surprisingly-little-idea-what-it-fighting-against-shadow-army