Nigerian Army massacred children in its war against Islamist insurgents, witnesses say

First he heard voices, then the sputter of gunfire. Kaka crept behind an acacia tree and froze in terror. The teen was returning home after gathering firewood late one July afternoon in 2020. Peering ahead, he saw a group of men at a waterhole, most in Nigerian Army camouflage. They stood over a line of children face down in the...

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