Landmine blast kills 11 militia fighters in Nigeria

KANO: Eleven militia fighters working alongside Nigeria’s military to battle anti-government militants were killed in the country’s northeast on Saturday when their vehicle hit a landmine on a highway near the border with Cameroon.

Militants in Nigeria are increasingly resorting to planting mines on highways to target military and civilian convoys after they were pushed back from territory they once controlled during the early years of the country’s more than 15-year insurgency.