Nigeria
Gunmen from the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram kill 42 people, mostly students, in an attack on a college in the town of Gujba, Yobe State.
Sources: The Telegraph
Sources: The Telegraph
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 13 farmers in Shiroro, Niger State, Nigeria.
The Nigerian Army claims to have killed 300 militants in northeastern Nigeria.
Five people are hacked to death in Maiduguri, Nigeria, by members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram.
Gunmen attack a police station in the Nigerian city of Kano, with Boko Haram believed responsible.