Jihadists snatch dozens of loggers in Nigeria, kill 3

Boko Haram jihadists have seized around 40 loggers and killed three others in northeast Nigeria near the border with Cameroon, militia sources and residents told AFP on Saturday.

The hostages were rounded up by the insurgents on Thursday in Wulgo forest near the town of Gamboru where they went to collect firewood, the sources said.

The jihadists have increasingly targeted loggers and farmers in the northeast, accusing them of passing information to the military and local militias.