{"id":51914,"date":"2025-08-24T07:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T11:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/more-than-30-jihadists-killed-in-air-strikes-nigerian-military-says\/24\/08\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T07:12:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T11:12:03","slug":"more-than-30-jihadists-killed-in-air-strikes-nigerian-military-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/more-than-30-jihadists-killed-in-air-strikes-nigerian-military-says\/24\/08\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 30 jihadists killed in air strikes, Nigerian military says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nigeria&#8217;s military has killed 35 jihadists in a series of air strikes near its north-eastern border with Cameroon, it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The strikes were carried out in four areas to thwart an attempt by the jihadists to attack ground troops, the military added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nigeria has been battling jihadist groups for more than a decade, as well as violent criminal gangs, sectarian conflict and widespread kidnappings for ransom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Saturday, a group of prominent Nigerians, including ex-government ministers, business persons and civil society activists, issued a statement, raising concern that parts of Nigeria were enduring &#8220;war-time levels of slaughter&#8221;, while the country was officially at peace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The group cited a report released in May by rights group Amnesty International, which said that at least 10,217 people had been killed since President Bola Tinubu took office two years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It called for the formation of a Presidential Task Force with wide-ranging powers to to end the numerous conflicts &#8211; including the resurgence of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram and the breakaway Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) in the north-east.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last week, the army reported killing nearly 600 militants in eight months in the region. There is no independent confirmation of the claim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Nigerian Air Force said it would continue to provide air cover to ground troops dismantling jihadist bases in the north-east.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More than 35,000 people have been killed and two million displaced in the conflict, according to the UN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Institute for Security Studies think-tank said that at least 15 jihadist attacks had been recorded so far this year in areas near Nigeria&#8217;s border with Cameroon and Niger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The jihadists were using modified commercial drones to strike at army bases, and were making it difficult for the military to send reinforcements, it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier this month, the US State Department approved the sale of weapons worth $346m 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