ISWAP fighters on Friday launched an assault on the base at Mararrabar Kimba, 135 kilometres (85 miles) from the state capital, Maiduguri.
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The dead included both children and the aged and began at around 10 pm and lasted until about 1 am Friday
The move marked the first evacuation of refugees and migrants out of Libya since fighting escalated in Tripoli two weeks ago
The jihadists, some of them believed to be wearing suicide vests, launched the assault on various parts of the city of Diffa
Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen then attacked civilians
Kamara says the use of the site in the day and night time is vital for
the city of Niamey
In 2015, about 122,000 children under five died due to poor quality anti-malaria drugs in sub-Saharan Africa.
The risk “is even greater” due to the fact that the infection can be transferred between equine animals
About a hundred former fighters with the Movement for Justice and the Rehabilitation of Niger (MJRN) handed over a significant arsenal
On the eve of the summit, 14 civilians were killed by insurgents in a pre-dawn attack at Kain.