Boko Haram fighters were repelled by Niger’s army as the group repeated its attacks on a border town after the country joined the multinational force against it.
On Saturday, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad pledged to deploy 8,700 troops, police and civilian personnel in the struggle against Boko Haram.
On Saturday night, Nigeria’s electoral commission decided to delay the country’s general election until March 28, amid criticism from civil society groups and the US State Department.
Boko Haram fighters waged a new attack on Sunday in a southeastern border town in Niger, where a blast killed at least one person and left 10 injured, witnesses and hospital sources said.
The Islamist militants launched their assault around the town of Diffa before dawn, two days after launching its first major attack on Friday in the area bordering Nigeria, witnesses said.
The cause of the deadly blast in Diffa was not immediately known, with some sources describing it as a suicide attack while others referred to a bomb or a mortar shell.
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The Islamist militants launched their assault around the town of Diffa before dawn, two days after launching its first major attack on Friday in the area bordering Nigeria, witnesses said.
The cause of the deadly blast in Diffa was not immediately known, with some sources describing it as a suicide attack while others referred to a bomb or a mortar shell.
– See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/boko-haram-wages-new-attack-niger/#sthash.Odv8dYDE.dpuf
Boko Haram fighters waged a new attack on Sunday in a southeastern border town in Niger, where a blast killed at least one person and left 10 injured, witnesses and hospital sources said.
The Islamist militants launched their assault around the town of Diffa before dawn, two days after launching its first major attack on Friday in the area bordering Nigeria, witnesses said.
The cause of the deadly blast in Diffa was not immediately known, with some sources describing it as a suicide attack while others referred to a bomb or a mortar shell.
– See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/boko-haram-wages-new-attack-niger/#sthash.Odv8dYDE.dpuf
The Islamist militants launched their assault around the town of Diffa before dawn, two days after launching its first major attack on Friday in the area bordering Nigeria, witnesses said.
The cause of the deadly blast in Diffa was not immediately known, with some sources describing it as a suicide attack while others referred to a bomb or a mortar shell.
– See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/boko-haram-wages-new-attack-niger/#sthash.Odv8dYDE.dpuf
