At least 15 civilians have been reportedly killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on a Nigerien border town of N’gourtoi, sharing borders with Yobe State, Nigeria.
Mr Hassan Ardo, an official with the Diffa State Governor’s Office, told journalists that the attackers burnt down 22 houses and wounded many other residents.
The region is said to have suffered deadly attacks by Boko Haram, a terror group linked to Al-Qaeda.
Niger is a part of a military coalition with Chad, Benin Republic, Cameroon and Nigeria, called the Multinational Join Task Force (MNJTF), to combat Boko Haram, which has waged a war against Nigeria since 2009.
