Amnesty International and other human rights groups have condemned the recent attacks in northern Nigeria that left at least 35 people killed and called on the country’s authorities to end the sectarian violence. In the latest attack, armed men at the weekend invaded a village in the local district of Zangon Kataf and killed 15 people, most of them women and children. It is quite unacceptable,” AI’s spokesperson Aminu Hayatu said. According to local police authorities, the latest attack in Kaduna could have been reprisal for the killing of a herder who was tending to his animals a few days earlier. Nigeria has been battling a range of security challenges including insurgency, kidnappings, and communal clashes.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 15, 2023 01:56 UTC