The latest assault on a border town marks the region’s increasing precarity.

Boko Haram militants attacked the Malam Fatori community near the Chad border, killing nine residents and injuring four, according to Borno State authorities. Governor Babagana Zulum’s envoy warned villagers against aiding the insurgents and announced plans to strengthen defenses around the town. The strike marks a worrying resurgence of Boko Haram violence that has lately overrun military posts, planted roadside bombs, and stoked fears of renewed instability in Nigeria’s northeast.

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