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KANO, Nigeria, April 28, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Eleven militia fighters working alongside Nigeria's military to battle jihadists were killed Saturday in

Eleven militia fighters working alongside Nigeria's military to battle jihadists were killed Saturday in the country's northeast when their vehicle hit a landmine on a highway near the border with Cameroon, two militia sources told AFP.  Jihadists in Nigeria are increasingly resorting to planting mines on highways to target military and civilian convoys after they were pushed back from territory they once controlled during the early years of the country's more than 15-year Islami...

The militia fighters were escorting a civilian convoy when their vehicle drove over a landmine.

Tough contest was seen between PML-N, PPP and PTI-affiliated independent candidates

Locals blocked the Peshawar-Bajaur highway for over three hours in front of the Ghalanai grid station in Pakistan's Mohmand district against excessive power cuts, media reports said.

Hundreds of passengers were stranded on both sides of the Peshawar-Bajaur highway due to the protest.

Seven people were killed and 22 kidnapped in two separate attacks by suspected jihadists in northeastern Nigeria, security sources and residents said on

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.