29/11/2020

Suspected extremists kill at least 40 farmers in Nigeria

MAIDGURI, Nigeria (AP) ? Suspected members of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram killed at least 40 rice farmers and fishermen while they were harvesting crops in Nigeria?s northern Borno State, officials said. The attack was staged Saturday in a rice field in Garin Kwashebe, a Borno community known for rice farming, on the day residents of the state were casting votes for the first time in 13 years to elect local government councils, though many didn?t go to cast their ballots. The farmers...
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