91 die as militant wreak havoc in Sahel region
ISLAMIC militants continue to wreak havoc in the Sahel region, where they have, in separate attacks, killed over 91 people, abducted school children, teachers and displaced thousands. In separate recent incidents, the militants, linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State, have launched attacks in Nigeria, Niger and Mali. MALI On Tuesday, the militants ambushed an army convoy and killed 33 near the town of Tessit, in Mali’s northern Gao region, according to the Malian Defence Ministry. NIGERIA On Monday, gunmen on motorbikes stormed a primary school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kaduna and kidnapped three teachers but no children,…