NIAMEY (Reuters) – One hundred people were killed on Saturday in attacks on two villages in Niger near the border with Mali, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said on Sunday.
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.
(Reporting by Moussa Aksar; Writing by Aaron Ross, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
