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Abu Musab al-Barnawi is the new leader of the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP), a faction of the terrorist group Boko Haram. He was appointed as the leader of ISWAP in August 2016, after the previous leader, Abubakar Shekau, was killed in a battle with ISWAP fighters.

Abu Musab al-Barnawi is a Nigerian national and a former member of Boko Haram. He was born in the 1980s in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, which has been the epicenter of the Boko Haram insurgency. He joined Boko Haram in the early 2000s and quickly rose through the ranks, becoming one of the group's top leaders.

Under his leadership, ISWAP has continued to carry out attacks against civilians, military targets, and government installations in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. The group has also been responsible for the kidnapping of hundreds of people, including women and children, and has used them as human shields or forced them to fight on its behalf.

Abu Musab al-Barnawi has been designated as a terrorist by the United States, the United Nations, and several other countries. He is believed to be hiding in the Sambisa Forest, a remote and heavily forested area in northeastern Nigeria that has been a stronghold of Boko Haram and ISWAP.

It's worth noting that the leadership of Boko Haram and ISWAP is often fluid and subject to change, and there may be other leaders or factions within the group that are not publicly recognized.