Boko Haram seizes Nigerian army base

Boko Haram extremists have killed scores of soldiers in a bold attack on a multinational military base in northeast Nigeria. Hundreds of the insurgents nearly overran the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) base at Baga, on Nigeria’s northeast border with Chad, according to an intelligence officer who asked to remain anonymous. The multinational force includes soldiers from Nigeria and its neighbours to the north and northeast: Cameroon, Chad and Niger. A senator in Borno state told BBC News the troops had abandoned the MNJTF base. The attack comes after an attack on the remote village of Malari on Friday, where the militants abducted 40 boys and young men.

After telling us that they wanted to preach to us, they began to select young men aged between 12 and 25.

Farmer Bulama Malam

Africa