Nigerian soldiers killed 79 militants in past week, army says

A woman walks past Nigerian soldiers at a checkpoint in Gwoza, Nigeria, a town newly liberated from Boko Haram (Lekan Oyekanmi/AP)

Nigerian soldiers killed 79 militants and suspected kidnappers over the past week, the country’s army said.

The operation targeted a decades-long insurgency by Islamic militants in the north-east and attacks by various armed groups in the north-west.