Niger: Roadside bomb kills two people in Diffa Region


wo people were killed in southeastern Niger on Sunday by a road bomb which exploded as they were passing with donkeys, local sources told AFP.

“Two women were killed and a child was seriously wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated as their donkeys passed near Bosso,” in the Diffa region, near Nigeria, a local resident said.

Bosso, on the shores of Lake Chad, is an area subject to frequent jihadist attacks, including by notorious Boko Haram and its rival, the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) group.

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Source: The New Arab