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BOKO HARAM'S SEIZURE OF KIRAWA: A FRESH TRAGEDY IN BORNO STATE On October 3, 2025, Nigeria was once again shaken by the grim realities of insurgency when Boko Haram militants overran Kirawa, a small but strategically significant town on the border of Borno State and Cameroon. The attack forced over 5,000 residents to flee, many of them women and children, into neighboring Cameroon. This event underscores not only the persistence of Boko Haram but also the deepening humanitarian crisis that has plagued the northeast region of Nigeria for more than a decade. THE ATTACK ON KIRAWA Eyewitnesses reported that militants stormed Kirawa in large numbers, arriving on motorbikes and pickup trucks. Residents described heavy gunfire that lasted for hours as the insurgents took control of the community. Homes were looted and burned, and local markets were ransacked. Villagers, caught unprepared, had no choice but to flee across the porous border into Cameroon, leaving beh...