Dozens of people were reported killed in two suspected attacks by armed gangs in northeast Nigeria, a local state governor and villagers said on Saturday. Taraba state governor Agbu Kefas…
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Jihadists in Nigeria turn to TikTok to spread propaganda
Jihadists in northeastern Nigeria are surging — and using social media to spread the word of their campaigns and recruit fighters. At least 100 people were killed in the new…
Niger jihadist attack kills 10 soldiers
An attack blamed on suspected jihadist fighters killed about 10 soldiers in Niger, state radio reported Tuesday. The attack on Sunday near a village in the southwest of the huge…
Jihadists kill 10 Nigerian vigilantes
Boko Haram jihadists have killed at least 10 local vigilantes in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Adamawa, a military and human rights source told AFP Monday, increasing the number of people…
Nigeria jihadists kill around 30 in reprisal attacks
Jihadists have killed around 30 fishermen in northeast Nigeria in retaliation for military bombardments that left scores of their fighters dead, anti-jihadist militia and fishermen told AFP. The attacks were…
‘Jihadists’ kidnap over 110 civilians in Mali
Suspected jihadists in central Mali are holding more than 110 civilians they abducted six days ago, local sources told AFP on Monday. Three buses carrying the civilians were stopped on…