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Seven people have been killed and 22 others kidnapped in two separate attacks in northeast Nigerias Borno State where jihadist groups operate, security sources and residents said Saturday.

Two separate militant attacks target northeast Nigeria's Borno State.

Boko Haram and their rivals ISWAP often target loggers, herders, farmers, fishermen and metal scrap collectors, accusing them of spying for the military and militias fighting them.

Islamic State-aligned jihadists held 76 farmers for two days in northeast Nigeria's Borno state near the border with Cameroon, militia sources said Tuesday.

Islamic State-aligned jihadists held 76 farmers for two days in northeast Nigerias Borno state near the border with Cameroon, militia sources said Tuesday.

KANO, Nigeria: Daesh-aligned militants held 76 farmers for two days in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state near the border with Cameroon, militia sources said Tuesday. The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters kidnapped the farmers from a displaced people’s camp in Ngala on Friday while they were burning thick vegetation to make a clearing for their harvest, the

The jihadist violence has killed some 40 000 and displaced around two million from their homes in the northeast since 2009

Five children were killed when a disused grenade they were playing with exploded outside the northeast Nigerian town of Ngala, near the border with Cameroon, militiamen told AFP Friday. "The five children picked up the explosive while herding in a field outside the town and it exploded in their hands as they were playing with…