The United States has carried out strikes against I-S targets in Nigeria’s Sokoto province, underscoring the growing global footprint of the terror outfit and its affiliates. Security assessments indicate that I-S-linked groups are now active across more than 10 countries, raising alarm over the organisation’s expanding reach beyond the Middle East and into Africa and other regions. The development highlights escalating counterterrorism challenges worldwide.

U.S. Strikes I-S In Sokoto Province Of Nigeria | Footprint Of Terror Outfit & Affiliates

The US has launched strikes against militants linked to the Islamic State group (IS) in north-western Nigeria, where jihadists have long carried out an insurgency.

Camps run by the group in Sokoto state, which lies on Nigeria's border with Niger, were hit, the US military said, adding that an "initial assessment" suggested "multiple" fatalities.

US President Donald Trump said the Christmas Day strikes were "powerful and deadly" and labelled the group "terrorist scum", saying it had been "targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians".

US Strikes I-S In Sokoto Province of Nigeria

Over fifty persons have been killed by armed bandits in Sokoto, Nigeria. They attacked two local government areas on Saturday evening. The Nigerian Police Force Sokoto State command confirmed the bandits attack.

50 killed by armed bandits in Sokoto, Nigeria

In Nigeria, the police dispersed an angry crowd searching for a woman they accused of making a blasphemous comment against the prophet Muhammad. The protest took place days after another woman was accused of blasphemy and was killed by a mob in northwestern Sokoto.

Nigeria blasphemy protest: Another woman accused of Blasphemy

A female student in northern Nigerian college has been killed over her comments in a WhatsApp group which other students called blasphemous. Her body was also allegedly burned afterwards within the school premises. Palki Sharma brings you a report.

Gravitas: Mob kills student over 'blasphemy' in Nigeria

Muslim students in northwest Nigerian city of Sokoto stoned a Christian student to death and burned her corpse after accusing her of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad.

Mob kills female student over ‘blasphemy’ in Nigeria, two arrested

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