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At least 12 farmers were shot dead by gunmen in Katsina State, northern Nigeria, while working in their fields, local media reported. The attackers, known locally as bandits, are blamed for the attack. Some houses were also torched. A local police officer disputed the casualty figures but said the gunmen …

The Islamic State (IS) has confirmed that it carried out an attack in Borno state in Nigeria where four soldiers including and an army general on Saturday. Islamists have waged a devastating insurgency in the country’s north-east for more than a decade. Read also: Ethiopia: Anthony Blinken fears the war …

Gunmen on motorbikes have attacked a local weekly open-air market in Goronyo, in the north-western Nigerian state of Sokoto, killing dozens of civilians and burning down shops and other buildings, local media report. More than 40 people had been shot dead during the attack, eyewitnesses said. Authorities In Sokoto State …