Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram fighters killed an Islamic cleric in Maiduguri. Six Kalashnikov-armed Islamists assaulted the home of Sheikh Bashir Mustapha, a cleric who opposed the radical group, and killed him and his personal assistant. The cleric is the first local religious leader targeted by the Islamist group.

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