| 1 | In an eight-minute clip Abubakar Shekau blames "the global media of infidels" for claims he has been killed or replaced as leader. |
| 2 | The leader of Nigerian-based militant group Boko Haram has denied a claim by the president of Chad that he has been replaced. |
| 3 | "It is a blatant lie that I have been replaced," Abubakar Shekau said in an audio recording released on Sunday. |
| 4 | "I am alive and in charge, I will only die at the time Allah has assigned for me," he added. |
| 5 | "It is indeed all over the global media of infidels that I am dead or that I am sick and incapacitated and have lost influence in the affairs of religion. |
| 6 | "It should be understood that this is false. This is indeed a lie. If it were true, my voice wouldn't have been heard, now that I am speaking." |
| 7 | In the clip he pledged allegiance to Islamic State, calling himself the governor of the "West African Islamic State Province". |
| 8 | The clip lasts around eight minutes. |
| 9 | Chad's leader Idriss Deby said last week that Shekau had been replaced as the group's boss by Mahamat Daoud who wants to negotiate with the government of Nigeria. |
| 10 | Chad has been battling the militants alongside the Nigerian army. |
| 11 | Boko Haram was founded in 2002 to oppose Western-style education. |
| 12 | Shekau took over as leader after its founder Muhammad Yusuf died in July 2009. |