The US State Department allocated $18m in rewards on June 13, 2014, Friday, for the capture of Khaid al-Barnawi, the leader of Ansaru, a splinter group from Boko Haram, and three other notorious African militants. The four men are accused of kidnappings of foreigners and numerous attacks on Western targets.
* Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan (Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa), a.k.a. Ansaru members.
The bounty on the ex Boko Haram member and Ansaru leader is $5m. The same amount was offered for each of the two founding fathers of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), based in the Maghreb