Abubakar Shekau, again failing to appear in it.
His continued absence from the sect's videos has increased speculation
about his fate.
He was last heard from in March, 2015, when he released an audio
message pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group.
Soon thereafter, the military said it had recaptured all towns and
cities from Boko Haram.
The military said on Sunday that it had freed 178 people held captive
by Boko Haram in Borno State.
It had also killed militants and captured a commander following
airstrikes on the group's bases, it added.
In the eight-minute video, an unidentified young man speaks in the
name of the Islamic State in West Africa, saying, "We are still
present everywhere we had been before."
The video shows the militants attacking a security checkpoint, seizing
weapons, and slitting the throat of a policeman.
Shekau also failed to appear in a Boko Haram video released earlier in June.
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