Boko Haram retakes Niger town of Bosso – Mayor

Boko Haram retook the town of Bosso in southeastern Niger overnight after clashes with soldiers from Niger and Nigeria, the mayor of Bosso and a military source said yesterday. The group first took the town near the Nigerian border on Friday in an attack in which 30 soldiers from Niger and two from Nigeria were […]

Boko Haram retook the town of Bosso in southeastern Niger overnight after clashes with soldiers from Niger and Nigeria, the mayor of Bosso and a military source said yesterday.
The group first took the town near the Nigerian border on Friday in an attack in which 30 soldiers from Niger and two from Nigeria were killed.
It was the deadliest assault in Niger by the group since April 2015, when at least 74 people, including 28 civilians, were killed at the Lake Chad island of Karamga.
Nigerien troops retook Bosso by Saturday morning, the defense ministry said. But Bosso mayor Mamadou Bako said they lost control again on Sunday night. A military source in Diffa confirmed the takeover.
Bosso is part of the Diffa region near Lake Chad, where Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria and Niger meet.