In Niger, a convoy of trucks transporting goods, coming from Lomé via Burkina Faso, was attacked on Friday, November 1 in Niger by jihadist groups. It happened near Pétèl Kolé, about thirty kilometers from Téra, in Tillabéry. Several trucks were set on fire. A shootout broke out with the soldiers who were escorting the convoy. No official report yet.
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“ We are attacked », Repeats a man hidden under a truck, while shots ring out, on a video that RFI was able to consult.
Other images show trucks on fire, filmed by a driver who claims that soldiers are there to secure the scene.
The attack on the convoy took place around thirty kilometers from Tera, in Tillabéri.
Since the closure of the border with Benigntrucks use this route to bring goods arriving at the port of Lomé back to Niger.
They cross the Burkina Faso and are escorted for security reasons.
Following this attack, the Union of Transport and Allied Workers of Niger expresses its distress. “ We have lost too many of our comrades on this axis “, she wrote in her press release.
It’s a risk for us, explains a driver we contacted in Niger, but we have no choice since we have to supply our country.
We will continue to take this route, confirms the president of the Niger importers and exporters union, since it is for the moment the only one authorized. But things are getting back to normal, it’s only a matter of time, says Dan Maradi Yacoubou.
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