NIGERIA – Weekend attacks cast doubt on Boko Haram 'truce'

Scores of Christians were reportedly killed and several churches burned down in raids on two villages in Adamawa state yesterday. Release partners said militants were believed to have raided Pelachiroma and Chung villages in the Gombi local government area. There were also reports that Boko Haram extremists killed several Christians in an attack on Gava 111 village in the Gwoza local government area of Borno state on Saturday. These reports appear to undermine the Nigerian military's announcement on Friday that it had agreed a truce and signed a ceasefire with Boko Haram.