{"id":104273,"date":"2021-01-03T22:02:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T22:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myfintale.com\/?p=104273"},"modified":"2021-01-03T22:02:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T22:02:16","slug":"niger-village-attacks-killed-100-says-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myfintale.com\/markets\/niger-village-attacks-killed-100-says-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger village attacks killed 100, says prime minister"},"content":{"rendered":"
NIAMEY (Reuters) -One hundred people were killed on Saturday in attacks on two villages in western Niger, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said following one of deadliest days in recent memory for a country ravaged by Islamist violence.<\/p>\n
Rafini announced the death toll in remarks broadcast on national television on Sunday from a visit to the zone, near the border with Mali. He did not say who was responsible for the attacks.<\/p>\n
Security sources said on Saturday that at least 70 civilians had been killed in simultaneous attacks by suspected Islamist militants on the villages of Tchombangou and Zaroumdareye.<\/p>\n
Niger has suffered repeated attacks by Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State near its borders with Mali and Burkina Faso, part of a wider security crisis in West Africa\u2019s Sahel region.<\/p>\n
It has also seen tit-for-tat killings between rival ethnic communities that have been stoked by the jihadist violence and competition for scarce resources.<\/p>\n
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