Niger security forces kill 57 Boko Haram militants

Niger's Ministry of Defense says security forces have killed at least 57 Boko Haram Islamic extremists who attacked a village in the Eastern Diffa Region overnight.
 
The Ministry yesterday said 15 soldiers and two civilians were wounded in fighting with the extremists.

Spokesperson Colonel Toure Abdoul Aziz said the Ministry of Defense, in the name of the President, has congratulated security forces on gains made against the extremists, whose seven-year insurgency has killed at least 20 thousand people.

SOURCE: NEWS24