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Boko Haram attack in Niger kills six soldiers
 [BBC] Six soldiers from Niger's army were killed in an ambush by Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... murderous Moslems, the country's interior ministry said. The attack happened near the town of Diffa close to the border with Nigeria early on Wednesday. It comes two weeks after a Boko Haram assault on a military convoy in the same area that left one soldier dead. The Islamist group is based in Nigeria but is being tackled by a multinational force, including soldiers from Niger. In the latest attack, three other soldiers were maimed. Niger's military deployed aircraft to try and track those responsible soon afterwards. Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou has been praised in the West for rallying neighbouring countries to fight Boko Haram. On Wednesday, the country's constitutional court confirmed the result of the second round of presidential elections, which saw Mr Issoufou re-elected with more than 92% of the vote, a result the opposition dismissed. Mr Issoufou will be sworn in on Saturday. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-01 |
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