ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen killed 15 villagers and abducted five aid workers in separate attacks in Nigeria’s troubled northern region , authorities said Thursday. He said military personnel were among those shot in the attack and many houses were razed as villagers fled to safety. In northeastern Nigeria, meanwhile, Islamic extremists abducted five aid workers in Ngala, Borno state, where an insurgency against the government has raged on for more than a decade. The aid workers included three staff members and two contractors of the international non-government organization FHI 360, all “working to provide lifesaving medical care to the people of Nigeria,” the organization said Thursday, without further details on the incident. A breakaway faction of the group formed in 2016 and became known as the Islamic State in West Africa Province and is notorious for targeting security forces and aid workers.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 28, 2023 10:05 UTC