GOMBE, Nigeria—When Islamic militants stormed an onion field here in December, 17-year-old Ibrahim Mallam and his 14-year-old brother Bana became two more youths forced into the ranks of the Boko Haram insurgency.
“I haven’t heard anything from them since,” said their father, Modu Mallam. He fled on foot as the gunmen also abducted his neighbor’s wife on Dec. 11.
As its war with Nigeria escalates, Boko Haram is…
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