Boko Haram kills 15 in Niger
Boko Haram militants attacked a village in Niger's southern
border area of Diffa on Thursday, killing 15 people, two security sources said.
The guerrillas arrived in the village of Gogone on foot and
opened fire indiscriminately on residents, the sources said, adding that Niger
troops had pursued them, reports Reuters.
Niger's Diffa region has suffered dozens of cross-border
strikes this year by the Islamist militant group whose stronghold in northeast
Nigeria lies just a few kilometers away.
A state of emergency has been declared there in a bid to
boost security. But the attackers often manage to flee across the River
Komadougou, marking the border with Nigeria.
Central African leaders in regional bloc CEEAC said on
Wednesday at a summit that they were raising 50 billion CFA Francs ($80
million) to help Nigeria's neighbors fight the Islamist militant group.
An 8,700-strong regional task force with troops from Chad,
Niger, Benin, Nigeria and Cameroon is operational but has yet to begin joint
military strikes against the group.
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