Armed Men Kill at Least 37 Civilians in Western Niger
Local sources said 11 self-defense members were among the dead as armed men ambushed villagers heading to a weekly market.
- On Thursday, unidentified armed men ambushed residents from the village of Tillim traveling to a weekly market in Tera, killing at least 37 civilians in the restive Tillaberi region of western Niger.
- Since a 2023 coup, Niger has faced persistent jihadist violence linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group. The Tillaberi region remains a flashpoint where the frontiers of Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali converge.
- Escorted by members of a local self-defence group, the victims "fell into an ambush by unidentified armed men," a former elected official told AFP. Among the dead are 11 members of the self-defence group, along with seven women and 20 men.
- Struggling to contain such attacks, the Nigerien army has tolerated the formation of self-defence militias by villagers. Tillaberi hosts just under half of the 450,000 people registered as displaced in Niger.
- Burkina, Mali, and Niger have formed a confederation and established a unified force of 5,000 troops to fight jihadist groups including Boko Haram and ISWAP. This regional response follows years of escalating violence across the tri-border zone.
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(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = At least 38 people, including civilians, were killed in an attack by armed assailants in the western border region of Niger, Africa.
Armed men kill at least 37 civilians in western Niger, say local sources
Ruled by a military junta since a 2023 coup, Niger is battling violence by jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group. Thousands have been killed in the violence over the last decade
In the Tillabéri region of western Niger, members of the Islamic State in the Sahel (ISS, affiliated with the Islamic State terrorist organization, banned in Russia) attacked civilians, killing at least 37 people. Local residents, under the protection of militias, were traveling from the village of Tillim to the city of Tera when they were attacked, TASS reports, citing MDMG Sahel. Six women were among the dead, and others were wounded. Tera is …
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BTAt least 37 civilians have been killed in an ambush in western Niger. The attack hit locals on their way to a weekly market in the town of Tera.
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