The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has killed at least 35 armed fighters in air strikes near the country’s border with Cameroon, following intelligence that an attack on ground troops was being planned.

The strikes were launched on Saturday on four targets in the Kumshe area in Borno State , near the Nigeria-Cameroon border, said NAF spokesperson Ehimen Ejodame.

“Following the operation, communication was re-established with ground troops, who confirmed that the situation around their location had been stabilised,” he said.

The strikes are the latest by the Nigerian military as it battles a resurgence of attacks in the country’s embattled northeast.

The region faces frequent attacks from Boko Haram and its rival splinter group, ISIL (ISIS) West Africa Province (ISWAP).

Both ISWAP

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