Nigeria to postpone elections ahead of Boko Haram offensive
Over 100 Boko Haram fighters killed by soldiers in Niger
Nigerian refugee women cook in a United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) refugee camp in Baga Sola by Lake Chad, which borders Chad, Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon. Since the beginning of January more than 14,000 people have fled to escape the bloody attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images/Sia Kambousia Kambou
Nigeria’s electoral commission is to postpone presidential and legislative elections for six weeks to give a new multinational force time to secure north-eastern areas under the sway of Boko Haram, an official has said.
