Niger Declares State of Emergency in Regions Near Mali Border

(Bloomberg) -- Niger declared a state of emergency in regions near the West African nation's border with Mali, after attacks in the area last month by suspected Islamist militants.

The government also renewed a state of emergency in the southeast of the country, the Council of Ministers said in a statement broadcast on state television in the capital, Niamey, on Friday. Boko Haram, an Islamist group based across the border in northeastern Nigeria, has carried out raids in Niger since

2015.

To contact the reporter on this story: Hassane Moustapha in Niamey at hmoustapha@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Paul Richardson at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net.

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