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Fierce fighting this weekend pitted Boko Haram fighters against another jihadist group, affiliated with the Islamic State, in the Lake Chad region, anti-jihadist militiamen said on Monday, adding that "more than 60 people are feared dead".
Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 30 ethnic Fulani herders near northeast Nigeria's Lake Chad, demanding ransom for their release, fishermen and the head of an anti-jihadist militia told AFP Tuesday.
KANO, Nigeria, June 7, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 30 ethnic Fulani herders near northeast Nigeria's Lake
More kidnappings have been reported in Northeast Nigeria as Boko Haram jihadists have defied order to seize that unlawful acts.
Men on board traditional boats search the waters of Lake Chad after a Nigerian military strike accidentally killed 20 fishermen in Kwatar Daban Masara, a village on the shores of the lake, which straddles Nigeria and neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon.