Nigeria: Boko Haram Crosses Nigeria Border for Assault in Niger

8 February 2015

A bombing has killed at least one person in a border town in the West African nation of Niger. In Nigeria, thousands protested a decision to postpone elections in order to concentrate resources on fighting Boko Haram.

Witnesses said a suicide bomber detonated in the border town of Diffa Sunday, hours after troops repelled the latest assault by Boko Haram since Friday, when the Nigeria-based terrorist group hit both Diffa and Bosso, another border town.

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