This August 9, 2020 image shows the wreckage of the car where six French aid workers, their local guide and the driver were killed by unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles in an area of southwestern Niger. BOUREIMA HAMA
Posted on 08/10/2020 8:45:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The six French citizens and one Nigerien killed on Sunday were working for Paris-based NGO ACTED and Geneva-based IMPACT Initiatives, they said in a joint statement on Monday. The other victim was their Nigerien guide.
Niger's interior ministry said Sunday the attack took place in Koure, where the aid workers were visiting a giraffe reserve. Hundreds of people visit each year the protected national park that contains dense vegetation and tall trees about 70 45 miles southeast of the capital.
One of the biggest French NGOs, ACTED has been present in Niger since 2010 and provides aid to displaced people and local populations who are particularly vulnerable due to conflicts in the region, lack of food and droughts.
A partner to ACTED, IMPACT Initiatives was first deployed in Niger in 2012. It conducts mapping programs and other initiatives in camps hosting displaced populations.
The French government has warned citizens against traveling outside of the capital, Niamey, as militants linked to Boko Haram, Islamic State and al-Qaida still carry out attacks across the vast West African nation. Niger borders several countries including Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Nigeria and Libya.
Violence by groups linked to ISIS and al Qaeda is on the rise in the Sahel region. France has deployed 5,100 soldiers to help fight the growing insurgency there, and a local Sahel force made up of soldiers from Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mauritania has also been fighting the extremists.
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Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agency_for_Technical_Cooperation_and_Development
S/B about 70km / 45 miles southeast of the capital.
This August 9, 2020 image shows the wreckage of the car where six French aid workers, their local guide and the driver were killed by unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles in an area of southwestern Niger. BOUREIMA HAMA
Obviously time to put more restrictions on motorbikes.
How could this happen in the land of milk and honey?
Thank God the girraffe’s are safe /s
They must have gotten too close to some hideout or poaching ops....................
I hope they brief Trump on this country’s correct pronunciation before he addresses this topic.
Ouch
Niger, the chicago of Africa!
Have always felt that people who voluntarily go to such violent ,unsafe places radiate virtue to the world but have an inner death wish.
“Cowardly” is an adjective, not an adverb, so it can’t modify the verb. Either the people were murdered “in a cowardly fashion,” or they were “murdered by cowards” ... or something totally different, depending on what the writer is attempting to convey.
“Cowardly-ly”?
Sustainable, vulnerable population, micro-financing lefties.
Never understood the hubub over the “N” word.
It’s pretty apparent to the most casual observer that it was a slang reference to slaves sold from Nigeria.
What does that have to do with my white ***?
Certainly, you’re familiar with his pronunciation of “China”
Oh, maybe. The lure of an African safari isn’t a death wish. Trying to be an aid worker in a country you perceive of as needy isn’t either.
I think of corruption and communism when I hear “United Nations ngo” and maybe it was a group of that or maybe it was some people with some
expertise doing some good. Even so these people were recklessly murdered along with their guide and driver, terrible thing.
Also, “negre “ is French for “black.” So, it’s a term used in Europe.
Maybe the gunmen were just sick of stupid acronyms.
Don’t be a nagger.
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