In Nigeria, at least 31 loggers are believed to have been abducted by Boko Haram jihadists after they went missing in the northeast. Security sources said, the alleged kidnapping took place just days after 30 troops vanished following a raid on a military base in the same region amid a surge in bloody violence. <br/><br/>Sources told news agency that the loggers, mostly in their twenties, had left the town of Gamboru on the border with Cameroon on Tuesday morning to fetch firewood in a Boko Haram hotspot.<br/><br/>Boko Haram abandon the bodies of their victims when they kill them but the fact that the bodies of the loggers have not been seen is clear indication they were abducted.<br/>Boko Haram fighters still operate in hard-to-reach rural areas where military operations are minimal. ''