Instead, a 20-kilometer “kill zone” has formed where swarms of surveillance and attack drones hunt soldiers, cut supply routes, and make evacuations nearly impossible.

Both armies now fight a drone-versus-drone war: trenches matter less, large assaults are rare, and small infiltration groups creep through the gray zone when weather grounds drones.

Logistics, rotation, and medical evacuation have become deadly because drones spot and strike anything that moves, forcing soldiers to spend weeks on the zero line and wounded troops to crawl kilometers for help.

Source: POLITICO

More than 120,000 Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters have surrendered in northeastern Nigeria, reshaping the conflict.

Instead of front-line battles, the focus has shifted to rehabilitation: the Safe Corridor program and the Borno Model aim to deradicalize and reintegrate former militants through structured camps and community reconciliation.

But communities remain wary, and authorities struggle to manage reintegration on such an unprecedented scale.

Source: RFI