Suspected ISWAP fighters target army base in the remote Malam-Fatori town in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state.

Suspected ISWAP fighters target army base in the remote Malam-Fatori town in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state.
Officials say Boko Haram and ISWAP groups suspected of being behind the attacks on farmers in the Dumba region.
Nigeria’s military has launched an offensive against a new rebel group said to be affiliated with ISIL.
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Fighters from the hardline group attacked Mafa village on Sunday burning down shops and houses.
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In 2014, Rabiat and 275 other schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram in the town of Chibok. Dozens are still missing.
Ten years since the armed group Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 school girls, kidnappings are still a recurring problem.
Nigeria, with one of the strongest armies in the region, battles to tackle insecurity putting vulnerable groups at risk.
Children who were kidnapped in two separate abductions in northern Nigeria have been freed.
About 300 schoolchildren are missing after the latest mass kidnapping in Nigeria.
Reuters reported in December that the Nigerian military ran a secret abortion programme in its fight against Boko Haram.
Nigeria’s government denounced a Reuters report of clandestine abortion scheme as a ‘body of insults’ against Nigerians.
The army programme allegedly involved terminating at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls Boko Haram abducted.