Twenty-three police were hurt and a police station was set on fire in demonstrations against financial reforms late Sunday in the Niger capital of Niamey, the interior minister and private TV stations reported. “The toll sadly is high: we have 23 injured policemen, four of them seriously hurt. Fourteen vehicles ...
Twelve paramilitary police were killed Saturday in a fresh attack in Niger’s restive southwest bordering Mali, Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum told AFP. “There was a new attack. Twelve gendarmes were killed. We have launched search operations,” said Bazoum, adding that the raid took place in the Tillaberi region. In October ...
