Nigeria likely to face food crisis after Boko Haram massacre: All you need to knowworldUpdated: Dec 05, 2020, 20:24 ISTAn attack by the extremist group Boko Haram has left 110 farmers dead in Nigeria, according to Edward Kallon, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria. Boko Haram, a jihadist group that has been operating in the region since 2009 to carve out a caliphate in north-east Nigeria, has claimed responsibility for the killings. Their leader Abubakar Shekau, in a video released on Tuesday, said it was “responsible for what happened around Maiduguri in recent days, especially in Zabarmari.”Why did Boko Haram target farmers? Boko Haram, a Hausa term which loosely translates to ‘Western education is forbidden’, is infamous for its 2014 abduction of 276 schoolgirls from Chibook. It is also fuelling food inflation and vastly undermining the President’s plans for making Nigeria’s food security.

Source: Hindustan Times December 05, 2020 14:35 UTC