Jos, Nigeria, July 8, 2025 (AFP) - Ambush, gang clashes kill at least 40 in central Nigeria: Red Cross, residents

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2025-07-08

An armed gang in central Nigeria's Plateau state killed at least 40 members of village self-defence groups in a weekend ambush and related attack, the Red Cross and residents told AFP on Tuesday. While the restive state is often the scene of deadly farmer-herder conflicts over dwindling land and natural resources, local officials blamed Sunday's attacks on "bandits", as criminal gangs are referred to in Nigeria. For years, the heavily armed gangs......

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