Nigeria
The Locals are MMobilising in Northeast Nigeria
A group of government-supported activists patrolled one of the main roads in north-eastern Nigeria on Sunday.
The patrols are carried out on the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway in Borno state.
After jihadists from the Islamic State of West Africa province or ISWAP ambushed a convoy of civilians on Friday afternoon, other fighters from the same organisation opened fire on a military convoy the next day.
Armed with rocket launchers, they took the lives of five soldiers before kidnapping 35 civilians.
Background
Boko Haram and the dissident group ISWAP have killed 36,000 people and displaced approximately 2 million in a 10-year conflict.
ISWAP broke away from Boko Haram six years ago and has become dominant in the region where abductions of locals are on the rise, leading to as yet unsuccessful increased military deployments.
01:22
Malian government forced to close schools due to fuel crisis
Go to video
Gunmen ambush in Northwest Nigeria leaves 8 dead
01:49
Cameroon's 92-year-old Paul Biya makes first campaign stop as he seeks eighth presidential term
00:54
Thousands seek refuge in cameroon following Boko Haram assault in Nigeria
01:04
Kenyan activists reportedly abducted in Uganda while supporting Bobi Wine
02:17
UN General Assembly: Kenyan president Ruto says Haiti crisis "can and must be solved"