Islamic State West Africa insurgents overrun northeast Nigerian town -security sources

Islamic State West Africa (ISWA) insurgents overran the town of Rann in northeastern Nigeria on Monday evening, security sources said.

Nigerian government forces fled during ISWA's attack, along with residents of the town, the sources said, adding that the jihadist militants were setting buildings ablaze. (Reporting by Paul Carsten in Abuja and Ahmed Kingimi and Ola Lanre in Maiduguri Editing by Mark Heinrich)