An attack by Boko Haram killed at least 40 farmers in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, a government official said Monday. Boko Haram's insurgency has claimed over 35,000 civilian lives and displaced more than two million people in the northeastern region,

At least 40 farmers have been reportedly killed in the Dumba community in the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State,

At least 40 farmers have been killed by gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram in Dumba community, Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.

Jihadists have killed at least 40 farmers in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state in the latest violence to hit the conflict-wrought region, a government official said Monday.Since 2009, more than 40,000 people have been killed and around two million displaced from their homes in Nigeria's northeast by the jihadist conflict.

Militants have killed at least 40 farmers in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state in the latest violence to hit the conflict-wrought region, a government official said Monday. Fighters from the Islamic State-aligned Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) late Sunday rounded up scores of farmers in Dumba on the shores of Lake Chad and shot them dead,

He called on the military to "track and deal decisively" with the perpetrators.At least 40 farmers were killed over the weekend in an attack by suspected Islamist militants, the governor of Nigeria's northeastern Borno state said on Monday.