Niger: Attacks on 2 villages see 79 murdered

(Niamey) Around 70 civilians were killed in simultaneous attacks on two villages by Islamist Terrorists in Niger, near the border zone with Mal. About 49 villagers were killed and 17 people wounded in the village of Tchombangou,  another 30 other villagers were  killed in the nearby village of Zaroumdareye.

Niger: French Aid workers killed by Islamist terrorists

(Koure) Gunmen have killed six French aid workers, their Nigerien guide and their driver in a wildlife park in Niger, The group was attacked on Sunday in a giraffe reserve near Koure, a town about 65km (40 miles) from the capital, Niamey. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

France's TF1 television channel, meanwhile, broadcast images that it said were taken from the scene showing the burnt-out remains of a 4x4 vehicle with bullet holes in the side. A source close to Niger's environmental services speaking to the AFP news agency. said the assault took place around 11:30am (10:30 GMT). "Most of the victims were shot ... We found a magazine emptied of its cartridges at the scene,..We do not know the identity of the attackers but they came on motorcycles through the bush and waited for the arrival of the tourists." 

 

*Note: The victims were originally identified as tourists,

Niger: 25 soldiers killed in atatcked

(Chinagodrar) An attack thursday on an army post on the Niger /Mali border resulted in 25 soldiers being killed and another 6 injured. The Niger government is claiming that 63 attackers were killed during the attack which took place near the village of Chinegodar which is situated to the north of the capital  at around 1300hrs local time.

As usual nobody has admitted to the attack.

Niger: Church burnt down after Iman arrested by Government.

(Maradi) Niger is a country in central Africa which is around 99% Islamic. So when the Islamic Government arrested an Iman for berating the Niger Government who do you think his supporters decided to target in which to express their anger. Yup Christians which is why 150 religious bigots descended on the protestant church in the country’s second city and burnt it down.

And I keep getting told that these people subscribe to a religion of peace and understanding.

Ramadan Death Count: Niger 15/05/19

(Tongo Tongo) 17 Niger troops have been killed with another 11 reported missing in an ambush near the Malian border, an area where several jihadist groups are active.

It appears that a patrol of 52 Niger soldiers encountered a group of heavily-armed men at Baley Beri, near Tongo Tongo, leading to heavy fighting, which lasted more than two hours. According to the report, 22 soldiers in three vehicles returned to their base at Ouallam, around 85 km south of Tongo Tongo.

#Niger: Army detachment ambushed in the area of Tongo Tongo-Bella Beri, #Tillabery, 22 soldiers (several wounded) rejoined base in Ouallam, remaining 30 including unit commander missing in action pic.twitter.com/0BdzebWcV3

— MENASTREAM (@MENASTREAM) May 15, 2019

Ramadan death toll stands at 293

Ramadan Death Count: Niger 14/05/19

(Bosso) Boko Haram terrorists shot dead at least four people in a town in Niger near the border with Nigeria, Monday evening three other people were also wounded in the attack in Bosso, a town near the Lake Chad basin which has suffered repeated assaults by the jihadist group.

(Koutoukale) 30  miles north of the capital (Niamey) an attack was made on the Koutoukale prison in which to free Boko haram inmates, whilst the attempt was foiled, one prison guard was killed.

Ramadan death toll stands at 167

Ramadan Death Count: Niger: 06/06/18

(Diffa)  10 people were killed last night and another 38 injured when 3 suicide bombers decided to spoil quite a few peoples day by blowing themselves up in the town near the border with Nigeria.

The suicide bombers consisted of 2 women and a man targeted a Mosque, a Koranic school and the third not far from a business centre. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack but it is suspected Islamic terror group Boko Haram might be responsible. 

Ramadan death toll stands at 931

Ramadan Death Count: Niger: 22/05/18

(Niger) At least 17 civilians of the Peuhle community were killed Friday night in the Niger locality of Aguey near the Malian border by armed bandits. According to local officials and media, the attack was perpetrated by young Tuaregs from neighbouring Mali on board several motorcycles.

Ramadan death toll stands at 29

Niger: Soldiers kill 14 civilians whom they mistook for terrorists

(Niamey) Soldiers in Niger have killed 14 unarmed civilians after mistaking them for Boko Haram terrorists during a patrol in the remote southeast of the country. It appears that Nigerien soldiers were patrolling a militarily restricted zone around the village of Abadam near Lake Chad on Wednesday afternoon when they opened fire on what turned out to be farmers. 

Abadam is a village located in the red zone and has been prohibited for a very long time. Any individual seen in the area is considered Boko Haram. Two of the dead were from Niger and the rest from neighbouring Nigeria, where Boko Haram is based and from which the jihadist group has sometimes carried out cross-border attacks into Niger, Cameroon and Chad. This huge mistake happened just days after the Terrorist Group killed 9 people and kidnapped 40 more in a attack on a village about 40 miles away. Which may help explain why the Niger troops had itchy trigger fingers.

Niger: Military patrol attacked, 15 soldiers killed, 19 injured.

(NIAMEY)  Fifteen soldiers were killed and 19 wounded in an attack, Wednesday by "Islamic terrorists" near the village of Interzawane in the Tillaberi region in western Niger near the border with Mali. Colonel Toure Seydou Albdoula Aziz, the Niger army spokesman stated:

"A Niger army patrol was attacked by terrorist elements at 1500 GMT north of Tilwa We have 15 dead and 19 wounded in our ranks," 

 The attack follows an agreement earlier this month among the presidents of five countries- Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Chad- in Africa's vast Sahel region, including Niger, to set up a joint counterterrorism force in which to combat numerous extremist groups, including Boko Haram and others that have been linked to al-Qaida.

Ramadan Death count: Niger 30/06/16

At least 20 people have died in inter-ethnic clashes in Niger's southeast region of Diffa, civil society groups said over the weekend.

Boko Haramhas stepped up attacks in southeastern Niger this month, raiding villages for food and cattle and attacking the town of Bosso, near Lake Chad, to steal weapons. A looting spree in villages near the lake on June 21 was the latest in a string of raids that have left more than 40 people dead.

Ramadan death toll is now at 8,133

Ramadan Death count: Niger 18/06/16

Military sources in Niger had said that militants from Boko Haram attacked the  town of Ghafam whilst a delegation of ministers were visiting, killing seven gendarmes and wounding 12 in a gun battle. They said none of the ministers had been hurt.

Ramadan death toll is now at 3,482

Ramadan Death count: Niger 12/06/16

130 Boko Haram thugs were killed on Thursday, when Nigerian Army and Troops from Chad Republic engaged the insurgents in a battle that lasted for several hours. The attack occurred as soldiers attempted to retake Bosso town of Niger which the terrorists of Boko Haram captured last Thursday.

Ramadan death toll is now at 1,916

French paratroopers jump into Niger

(Paris) The French have released a video of a parachute jump by its troops into Northern Niger in April as part of its efforts to combat Boko Haram.

Niger and Chad claim to have killed 109 Boko Haram jihadists

That's a start.

Niamey (AFP) - Boko Haram launched its first major attack in Niger on Friday, triggering a forceful response from regional troops who claimed to have killed more than a hundred of the Islamists.

The clashes in Bosso and Diffa, along the border with Nigeria, marked yet another expansion of violence attributed to Boko Haram, but it seemed to have come at a heavy cost.

Niger's defence minister reported that 109 of the Islamists were killed, along with four soldiers and a civilian. Seventeen other troops were wounded.

Chadian forces, who have taken a lead role in battling Boko Haram in recent days, fought alongside Niger troops on Friday. Its commander in Niger, General Yaya Daoud, was also wounded with a gunshot to the stomach, a security source said.

Niger Defence Minister Mahamadou Karidjo said calm had been restored to both areas.

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