Dozens of people have been killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in north-eastern Nigeria, officials and witnesses say.
Gunmen rampaged through the village of Azaya Kura in the Mafa area in Borno state, killing at least 45 people. Shettima Lawan, caretaker chairman of the local government, called it "wicked and despicable", AFP reports. Boko Haram has taken control of a series of towns and villages in north-eastern Nigeria in recent months. Authorities have struggled to defeat the militant Islamist group, which has been waging an insurgency in Nigeria since 2009. New York-based Human Rights Watch says Boko Haram has killed more than 2,000 civilians already this year…