Scores killed as jihads clash in Nigeria

JOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Jihadists killed scores of people and kidnapped others in an attack during Friday prayers in central Nigeria's Niger state, survivors and a local lawmaker told Agence France-Presse Saturday, though some managed to escape during a clash with rival militants. Africa's most populous country is battling a 17-year insurgency by jihad groups, which have made mass abductions a key tactic -- including the 2014 kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls in the town of Chibok. The insurge