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Null / ShutterstockWashington D.C., May 26, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA).A freelance journalist who has reported on a surge of violent attacks by radicalized Muslims in Nigeria for CNA recently found himself caught in the middle of a firefight between government soldiers and armed militiamen."With hundreds of bullets flying over my head, and the whizzing gunfire whipping past my ears, lying flat on the ground and crawling on we were swarmed by more than 200 armed terrorists who were dressed in black," Masara Kim, an independent reporter based in Jos, recounted in text messages to CNA.The exchange of gunfire, which lasted about an hour, took place on May 16 in Mangu City in Central Nigeria s Plateau State. The region in and around Plateau has seen a series of deadly attacks by armed Muslim militia in recent weeks, a sign of worsening instability in Nigeria."The terrorists were shooting and advancing forward in a suicide fashion, despite a fierce resistance by a team of 100-200 a ....
Washington D.C., May 26, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA). A freelance journalist who has reported on a surge of violent attacks by radicalized Muslims in Nigeria for CNA recently found himself caught in the middle of a firefight betwe. ....