US places $18 million bounty on ex-Boko Haram member, three others

USA on Friday posted $18m in rewards for the capture of four African militants involved in the kidnapping of foreigners and attacks on Western targets. Around $5m each was offered for a former member of Nigeria’s Boko Haram (Khalid al-Barnawi) and two founding leaders of the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (Hamad el-Khairy and Ahmed el-Tilemsi) based in the Maghreb region. A fourth reward of $3m was set for an Egyptian extremist (Abu Yusuf al-Muhajir) who has plotted against the US, the State Department said. (AP) Share This on