Nigerian Air Force Jilli Market Strike Kills 56 to 200 Civilians in Borno; Government Defends Operation as Intelligence-Led, Orders Independent Probe

The April 11 Nigerian Air Force strike on Jilli market in Borno killed between 56 and 200 civilians per varying estimates; the government defended the strike as intelligence-led and ordered a probe, but survivor accounts and the documented pattern of Nigerian Air Force civilian casualty incidents raise material questions for the AFRICOM advisory partnership.