Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has warned farmers and fishing communities in Baga against collaborating with Boko Haram insurgents. The governor emphasized that such actions pose a significant threat to the peace and stability of the region.

FILE - Refugees who fled their homes due to violence from the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram sit inside a refugee camp in Minawao, Cameroon, on Feb. 25, 2015. Tensions between host communities and displaced people in Cameroon have boiled over with killings and arson.

Militants have killed at least 40 farmers in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state in the latest violence to hit the conflict-wrought region, a government official said Monday. Fighters from the Islamic State-aligned Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) late Sunday rounded up scores of farmers in Dumba on the shores of Lake Chad and shot them dead,