At least 18 people were killed in Mazakuka village in Mashegu local government area of Niger state. Attackers, believed to be ethnic Fulani nomadic herders, were able to escape, officials say.
Just 60,000 people, all citizens or residents of Saudi Arabia, have been selected to take part in this year's Hajj, with foreign pilgrims again barred due to the restrictions over coronavirus pandemic.
Gunmen on Sunday killed at least six people in an attack on a Protestant church in Burkina Faso, says the government spokesman, in the latest violence to rock the formerly peaceful West African nation.
The Muslim community was further shaken this week when a man, wearing a t-shirt with the name of US President Donald Trump, shouted abuse at worshippers at Al Noor Mosque – the site of the March 15 terror incident.
A suicide and gun attack on a Shia mosque in the western city of Herat also wounded over 60 individuals, mostly thought to be worshippers. More than 1,700 civilians have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan so far this year.
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