{"id":24015,"date":"2016-03-19T05:04:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T05:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/niger-attacked-by-both-al-qaeda-and-boko-haram\/"},"modified":"2016-03-19T05:04:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T05:04:16","slug":"niger-attacked-by-both-al-qaeda-and-boko-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/niger-attacked-by-both-al-qaeda-and-boko-haram\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger attacked by both al-Qaeda and Boko Haram"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Islamist militants from al-Qaeda and Boko Haram have killed four security forces in two separate attacks in Niger, officials have said.}<\/p>\n

Three policemen were shot dead by suspected al-Qaeda members in a village near the border with Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n

One soldier was killed and two others wounded when a military convoy was attacked close to Nigeria’s border.<\/p>\n

Thursday’s attacks came three days before Sunday’s controversial presidential run-off election.<\/p>\n

The opposition has said they will not recognise the results of the vote, and their candidate Hama Amadou, is currently receiving medical treatment in Paris after spending moths in jail.<\/p>\n

Niger’s Interior Minister Hassimi Massaoudou says the attack in a market in Dolbel village close to Burkina Faso was the work of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magrib (AQIM), which has been active in the region.<\/p>\n

“The attackers were repelled, and we are currently sweeping the area,” he told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

The other attack was carried out by four suicide bombers in southern Diffa region that has often been targeted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgents.<\/p>\n

A fifth suicide bomber, a young girl, was prevented from detonating her vest, Mr Massaoudou added.<\/p>\n

Niger has porous borders with Libya, Algeria, Mali and Burkina Faso, which have all been hit by AQIM recently, and Nigeria to the south – making it vulnerable to Islamist attacks.
\nThe country is rated by the UN as one of the world’s least-developed nations and was recently named as the worst country to live in.<\/p>\n

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