At least 18 woodcutters have been killed in an attack attributed to Boko Haram (the jihadist militant group based in northeastern Nigeria) in what authorities are describing as one of the deadlier recent strikes by the insurgency. The victims were targeted while working in a forested area, a common pattern for the group, which has long exploited remote rural zones to carry out ambushes. The attack underscores the persistent threat Boko Haram poses to civilian livelihoods in the Lake Chad Basin region, despite years of military counteroffensives by Nigerian and multinational forces.