The Boko Haram terrorist group, affiliated with the Islamic State in West Africa, has killed over 60 people in northeastern Nigeria. The attack took place over the weekend in the village of Darul Jamal, Borno State. Militants first targeted a Nigerian military base near the Cameroon border before raiding the village. They killed more than 60 residents and set fire to houses and vehicles. Nigeria’s Air Force reported that it killed 30 Boko Haram fighters in retaliation. Borno State has endured Boko Haram’s insurgency for 15 years, during which more than two million people have been displace

The Boko Haram terrorist group, affiliated with the Islamic State in West Africa, has killed over 60 people in northeastern Nigeria. The attack took place over the weekend in the village of Darul Jamal, Borno State. Militants first targeted a Nigerian military base near the Cameroon border before raiding the village. They killed more than 60 residents and set fire to houses and vehicles. Nigeria’s Air Force reported that it killed 30 Boko Haram fighters in retaliation. Borno State has endured Boko Haram’s insurgency for 15 years, during which more than two million people have been displaced and over 40,000 killed. Boko Haram has established strongholds in Nigeria, where it continues to kidnap and kill civilians. Its campaign of violence escalated in 2014 with the abduction of more than 270 schoolgirls in the town of Chibok, also in Borno State.

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