15 girls have reportedly been kidnapped by Boko Haram in Niger Republic.
The local mayor in Niger Republic revealed that suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped 15 girls overnight in a village near Toumour on Saturday.
The mayor Boukar Mani Orthe, said about 50 unidentified armed men seized the girls in a village about nine kilometres from the town centre. OIrthe also added that on Thursday suspected Boko Haram fighters killed eight people working at French drilling company Foraco’s water well site in Toumour.