Dozens killed and abducted in northern Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria – At least 32 people have been killed in Nigeria’s north after armed groups attacked remote communities in two states, authorities said, the latest incident in a cycle of violence in Africa’s most populous country. Local officials and residents told The Associated Press that the killings and the abduction of 24 people in Niger and Sokoto states were carried out by the marauding gunmen operating across the northwest and central parts of Nigeria who are notorious for abducting school children and travelers for ransom.