Boko Haram insurgents kill six farmers in Nigeria

Boko Haram jihadists have killed six farmers who were working on their land near the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, civilian militia members and locals told AFP on Monday."The gunmen attacked the farmers with machetes as they were clearing their farms that have been taken over by weeds in preparation for the rains which start in a few days," said Ibrahim Liman, a civilian militia member.At least 20,000 people have been killed and more than 2.6 million made homeless in northeast Nigeria