Nigerian army kills top Boko Haram commander, 10 militants in night raid
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The Nigerian army announced on Sunday that it killed Abu Khalid, a top Boko Haram commander, and ten other militants in a night raid on Saturday in the Kodunga area of Borno state, located in northeastern Nigeria. Khalid was a key figure in coordinating Boko Haram operations and logistics within the Sambisa Forest area. The army recovered weapons, food, and medical supplies during the operation. This announcement follows recent attacks by Boko Haram that resulted in dozens of deaths at a construction site and military base earlier in the week. Boko Haram, which began its insurgency in 2009, aims to fight Western education and impose its version of Islamic law, and its violence has resulted in approximately 35,000 civilian deaths and the displacement of over 2 million people.
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