source: Daily Post (Nigeria); Daily Independent (Nigeria)
actor1: Military Forces of Nigeria (2015-)
actor2: Zamfara Communal Militia (Nigeria)
location: Birnin Magaji
notes: On 1 January 2022, Nigerian military forces carried out air strikes targeted at Zamfara militiamen in Birnin Magaji LGA ( Kiyawa, Zamfara). Scores of militiamen were killed during the operation launched after the group was seen gathering for the burial of one of their leaders, killed on a previous airstrike (coded separately). Scores of fatalities coded as 20.