Dozens Killed in Central Nigeria Even as US Expands Role (1)

Feb. 5, 2026, 12:46 PM UTC

Unidentified gunmen killed dozens of people in an attack in central Nigeria, underscoring the worsening security crisis facing Africa’s most-populous nation, despite a recent deepening of military cooperation with the US.

The assault on Woro village in the southwestern state of Kwara on Tuesday left at least 75 people dead, local government Chairman Abubakar Abdullahi Danladi said by phone. Several victims were badly mutilated, while more casualties have yet to be recovered from surrounding bushland. The Associated Press put the death toll at 162.

The massacre in the largely Muslim village add to a series of other violent incidents in ...

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