Nigeria: 50 killed in Zamfara raids
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At least 50 people have reportedly been killed in a series of raids targeting villages in Nigeria鈥檚 north-western state of Zamfara. The killings took place just hours after gunmen raided a private university in the neighbouring state of Kaduna, abducting students and killing a member of staff.
Plus, the director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. John Nkengasong, tells us why African countries shouldn鈥檛 throw away Covid-19 vaccine doses which have expired. It鈥檚 after Malawi and South Sudan said they would destroy more than 70,000..
And our weekly Letter from Africa comes from the Somali journalist Ismail Einashe.
(Photo: An IDP camp for people displaced by violence in Anka, Zamfara; Credit: Getty Images)
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