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Niger Youth Defiant Following Boko Haram Attack in Bosso and Bombing in Diffa

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Breaking News, Citizen Media, Disaster, International Relations, War & Conflict
Niger youth [1]

Young men in Niger – CC-BY-2.0

For the first time, Boko Haram conducted an assault on Niger's territory [2] and the youth of Niger will not stand for it.
Boko Haram assaulted Bosso and Diffa [3], two towns in southeast Niger at the border with Nigeria but was repelled by Niger and Chad's army. Boko Haram lost an estimated 100 combatants [2] in the clash but a suicide bomber detonated explosives in the city a few hours later, killing 5 civilians. The youth of Niger was prompt to react to the attacks. Niamey (Niger's capital) High school students got together to condemn the attacks on their country and express in Hausa their support to their troops fighting at the border: