Amnesty International has urged Boko Haram militants to cease their assaults and killings of civilians. The group issued this remark following the deaths of more than 40 individuals by militants in various villages in Borno State,

Amnesty International (AI) demanded action on Wednesday against Boko Haram following a recent wave of violence that resulted in the deaths of over 40 civilians in Borno State. In a statement, Isa

FILE - Refugees who fled their homes due to violence from the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram sit inside a refugee camp in Minawao, Cameroon, on Feb. 25, 2015. Tensions between host communities and displaced people in Cameroon have boiled over with killings and arson.

Militants have killed at least 40 farmers in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state in the latest violence to hit the conflict-wrought region, a government official said Monday. Fighters from the Islamic State-aligned Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) late Sunday rounded up scores of farmers in Dumba on the shores of Lake Chad and shot them dead,

He called on the military to "track and deal decisively" with the perpetrators.At least 40 farmers were killed over the weekend in an attack by suspected Islamist militants, the governor of Nigeria's northeastern Borno state said on Monday.