UN demands independent probes into deadly airstrikes in Nigeria and Chad

Nigeria's military has again killed a large number of civilians with an airstrike it says was targeting militants instead, a mistake that has occurred a number of times in recent years and raises questions about the capabilities of a U.S. security partner.

This airstrike was the ​second to kill scores of people at a crowded market in northern Nigeria in a month.

The strikes at Tumfa market in the state of Zamfara, which the rights group said had also wounded dozens of villagers, appeared to be the latest in a series of attacks carried out by the military on markets and villages in northern and central Nigeria.

Nigeria’s military ‌has been battling “bandits” in the northwest, often describing them as “terrorists”.