Another Erroneous Airstrike Claims Lives in Nigeria

Click to expand Image A Nigerian military aircraft, the CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder. © 2022 Wikimedia Less than three weeks after a December 25 military airstrike in Sokoto state reportedly killed 10 villagers, an airstrike in Zamfara state has resulted in more accidental deaths. The victims, who the military wrongly identified as bandits, were members of a local vigilante group and farmers in the vicinity of Tungar Kara village, Zurmi Local Government Area. Similar airstrikes have killed hundreds of...