US-Nigeria airstrikes spark fear in northwestern village as details remain unclear

Residents of Jabo, a farming village in northwestern Nigeria, were gripped by fear late Thursday after powerful airstrikes lit up the night sky, an attack later confirmed by authorities as a joint US–Nigerian military operation targeting an alleged Islamic State camp.

Local farmer Sanusi Madabo, 40, said he was preparing for bed when a loud explosion shook his home and the sky turned bright red. The glow lasted for hours, he said,…