A state-backed militia in Nigeria, reportedly operating with the military, killed numerous ethnic Fulani herders in a recent raid. Local sources indicate the herders were accused of being informants for the jihadist group Ansaru, highlighting ongoing regional tensions.

A state-backed Nigerian militia, operating alongside the military, killed scores of ethnic Fulani herders in a raid, local sources have told journalists. 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 Nigerian vigilantes from Bussa district raided herding Fulani settlements around Kabe, in neighbouring Borgu, in a massacre that also saw...