49 killed, 17 injured after suspected Islamists attack two villages in Niger
There have been several recent violent incidents in Africa’s Sahel region, carried out by militant groups.
Nigeria militants burn to death motorists as they sleep in their cars
Suspected militant Islamists have killed at least 30 people and abducted women and children in a raid in north-eastern Nigeria.
Dozens of mourners ‘killed by Boko Haram’ at a funeral in north Nigeria
At least 65 people have lost their lives after suspected Boko Haram militants opened fire on a funeral in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Borno. Gunmen arrived on motorcycles and in vans at the village near the state capital, Maiduguri, on Saturday, eyewitnesses say. A number of mourners were reportedly killed straight away, while others died […]