According to the AFP, the raid was the third on the Niger border town of Diffa in four days and comes as Niger parliament is due to vote on whether to join a regional offensive against the insurgents.
#BREAKING Boko Haram launches attack against prison in Niger: local sources
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) February 9, 2015
The source, one of around 3,000 Niger soldiers sent to the unstable border area, told journalists: “The attack was repelled. Clean-up operations have been under way since this morning.”
A few hours after the assault was repelled, a shell fired by Boko Haram struck Diffa’s pepper market, which attracts traders and customers from Nigeria and other countries in the region, Defense Minister Mahamadou Karijo told state media Sunday night. Karijo said one person was killed and at least six people were injured in the explosion.
It was reported earlier that insurgents for the first time launched an attack in neighbours Niger town of Bosso, the town where a lot of Nigerians refugees found a shelter, two days ago, February 6th, 2015.
On Saturday, the governments of Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Benin agreed to establish an 8,700 strong regional force to take on Boko Haram.
Among other countries is Uganda. It has recently decided to deploy two battalions to assist Nigeria in a war against Boko Haram terrorists.
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