June 26, 2025
The attack took place from late Friday into the early hours of Saturday in the village of Yelewata, the group says in a post on social media platform X
Residents say the airstrike occurs in Maraya and Wabi villages in Zamfara state
Borno has been the heartland of an Islamist insurgency for the past 16 years
Over 500 households had been impacted and more than 3,000 people displaced, says director of Niger emergency management agency
The region faces competition over land use, with conflicts between herders, who seek grazing land for their cattle, and farmers, who need arable land for cultivation
Nigeria has been grappling with a long-running insurgency in its northeast
Islamist insurgents Boko Haram and Islamist West Africa Province have been battling Nigerian security forces for over 15 years in the northeast and often use improvised explosive devices
Years of clashes have disrupted food supplies from north-central Nigeria, a major agricultural area
