On Sunday, September 20, insurgents mounted a roadblock on the road leading to Maiduguri from Monguno town, in Monguno Local Government Area, Borno State, northeast Nigeria. Monguno is 130 kilometres northeast of Maiduguri. State officials from the Ministry of Health in ..
Maiduguri were among the travellers on the road that day.
The health officials were on assignment to fumigate internally displaced persons camps in the garrison town. When these particular travellers got to the roadblock, it was already too late when they realised they were ..
The health officials were on assignment to fumigate internally displaced persons camps in the garrison town. When these particular travellers got to the roadblock, it was already too late when they realised they were ..
in the hands of insurgents.
The roadblock, mounted by fighters of one of the splinter groups of Boko Haram, recognised as the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), served as abduction point. The gunmen immediately seized all the occupants of the vehicle and killed ..
The roadblock, mounted by fighters of one of the splinter groups of Boko Haram, recognised as the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), served as abduction point. The gunmen immediately seized all the occupants of the vehicle and killed ..
two soldiers escorting the officials.
On Monday, 21 September 2020, the Brigade Commander of 25 Task Force Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Dahiru Bako died from injuries sustained after ISWAP ambushed his patrol team in northern Borno.
On Monday, 21 September 2020, the Brigade Commander of 25 Task Force Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Dahiru Bako died from injuries sustained after ISWAP ambushed his patrol team in northern Borno.
Last week ISWAP also abducted five employees of the Borno State Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, including an aid worker with the Action Against Hunger. Similar to the attack in Monguno, this incident occurred at a roadblock mounted by ISWAP in Kareto
Damasak Local Government Area some 150 kilometres northwest of Maiduguri.
According to intelligence reports sighted by HumAngle, about 90 per cent of all Boko Haram captives in 2020 were abducted on the highways. The report also highlighted that less than 10 percent of all ..
According to intelligence reports sighted by HumAngle, about 90 per cent of all Boko Haram captives in 2020 were abducted on the highways. The report also highlighted that less than 10 percent of all ..
the abductions occur during raids on communities.
The two major factions in the insurgency, Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad and the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP), have recently resorted to daily ambushes of military convoys and civilian travellers.
The two major factions in the insurgency, Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad and the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP), have recently resorted to daily ambushes of military convoys and civilian travellers.
The horrors of these violent crimes include robbery, abduction, burning vehicles and summary execution, depending on the profile of their victims. “They do not spare security officials. Local traders are robbed, while visitors to the area, NGO workers, state officials ..
and students are abducted,” confided a driver who is familiar with the incidents to HumAngle.
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