Security crisis escalating in Niger
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Co-ordinated attacks have killed hundreds of civilians in southwest Niger amid increasing violence between rival ethnic groups and jihadist militants spilling over from Mali and Nigeria
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ALGERIA
MALI

President Mohamed Bazoum, former Interior Minister elected Feb 21, has denounced attacks as “barbaric”

Tri-border area
TILLABERI REGION
Bakorat
NIGER
Niamey
BURKINA FASO
Chinegodar
Banibangou 
Mangaize
Inates
CHAD
Ouagadougou 
NIGERIA 

500km 300 miles
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Mar 21: Suspected jihadists on motorbikes attack Bakorat and two other villages near Malian border, killing at least 137 people
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Mar 15: Attack on bus carrying shoppers from market town of Banibangou kills 66 people. Village of Darey-Daye raided, inhabitants killed
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Mar 15: Attack on Malian soldiers in Tri-border area kills 33. Islamic State militants claim responsibility
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Jan 2: Raids on two villages in Mangaize district kill at least 100 civilians 
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Jan 2020: Chinegodar attack kills 89 Nigerien military personnel
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Dec 2019: Over 70 die in mass attacks on Niger military in Inates
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Sources: Al Jazeera, France24 Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS