Kano, Nigeria, May 3, 2026 (AFP) - Nigerian, Beninese militias kill scores of herders

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2026-05-03

A state-backed Nigerian militia, operating alongside the military, killed scores of ethnic Fulani herders in a raid, local sources have told AFP. The herders were killed in an operation that also involved vigilantes from Benin, just across the border from Niger state, after the herders were accused of being informants for the jihadist group Ansaru, the sources said. The Nigerian vigilantes from Bussa district raided herding Fulani settlements aro......

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