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An attack attributed to the jiadista group Boko Haram Sunday caused the death of 10 Nigerian soldiers, while four are still missing. The target was a military stance in southeastern Niger near Nigeria.
Cited by the AFP news agency, Colonel Abdoul-Aziz Toure, spokesman for the Nigerian Ministry of Defense, said that
early June date of the last attack attributed to Boko Haram when three suicide bombers blew themselves up in different parts of the city of Diffa, Niger, killing six people
Boko Haram continues to be "a real threat"
The Diffa region, located in the north of extreme south-east, very close to Nigeria, is the scene since February 2015 many attacks of the Boko Haram, group established in northeastern Nigeria
At the end of April, the Nigerian authorities announced a major regional military operation in the Lake Chad Basin, shared by Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria. the "waste" area of Boko Haram. At the time, Nigerian Defense Minister Kalla Moutari believed that although "totally weakened", Boko Haram continued to represent "a real threat".
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