RAMPAGING elephants have ravaged vast stretches of farmlands and sacked 44 villages in north Nigeria. Government officials and witnesses said the elephants strayed from a nearby game reserve over the weekend and attacked villages in Gwoza, Chibok, Damboa, Biu, Kwaya-Kusar and Bayo Local Government Areas. The elephants destroyed farmlands, cash crops and ”economic trees”. The government plans to build a fence around the Yankari game reserves. – Reuters