<span style="color: #222222;">In Nigeria, at least nine people were killed and nine others injured when Boko Haram fighters raided two villages in Maiduguri. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The civilian militia said today, Jihadists in pickup trucks attacked Kalari Abdiye and nearby Amarwa, some 20 kilometres from Borno state capital Maiduguri, yesterday. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Both villages are in Konduga, a district of Borno state that has suffered repeated attacks in a nine-year insurgency which has left more than 27,000 dead.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It was not clear which of the two Boko Haram factions was behind the attacks and there was no claim of responsibility.</span><br />''