Boko Haram

====Niger====
{{main|2015 Niger raid}}
On 6 February, Boko Haram assaulted [[Bosso, Niger|Bosso]] and [[Diffa]]. On 25 September, at least 15 civilians were massacred and stores were looted in a cross-border raid on a Niger village, according to anonymous military sources.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-violence-niger-idUSKCN0RP1BB20150925|title=Boko Haram fighters kill at least 15 in Niger village raid: sources|work=[[Reuters]]|date=25 September 2015|access-date=11 October 2015|archive-date=29 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929002805/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/25/us-nigeria-violence-niger-idUSKCN0RP1BB20150925|url-status=live}}</ref> On 2 October two soldiers died and four were wounded in a Boko Haram attack on a village near the Nigerian border in Niger's [[Diffa Region|Diffa]] province. The militants also looted stores, according to Niger army officers. On 4 October, according to an aid worker, a policeman and five civilians were killed by 4 suicide bombers near the Nigerian border. On 6 October, three suspected Boko Haram militants accidentally blew themselves up while transporting explosives to [[Bosso, Niger|Bosso]] town in Diffa. On 21 October, near Diffa town, two soldiers were killed by explosives while intercepting an attack. Diffa region hosts over 150,000 Nigerian refugees. It is under a state of emergency. On 14 October a curfew and movement restrictions were imposed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-nigeria-bokoharam-idUKKCN0SF22920151021|title=Suspected Boko Haram suicide attack kills two Niger soldiers|work=[[Reuters]]|date=21 October 2015|access-date=21 October 2015}}</ref> At least 57 attacks occurred there from February to October. More than 1,100 Boko Haram suspects were arrested in Niger during 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-niger-violence-idUKKCN0RW1NF20151002|title=Boko Haram fighters kill two Niger soldiers, wound four in ambush|work=[[Reuters]]|date=2 October 2015|access-date=8 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecable.ng/3-suicide-bombers-killed-botched-attack-niger|title=3 suicide bombers killed before attack in Niger|work=The Cable|date=6 October 2015|access-date=8 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/dead-twin-suicide-bombings-niger-diffa-151005021713356.html|title=Several dead in twin suicide bombings in Niger's Diffa|work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]|date=5 October 2015|access-date=8 October 2015}}</ref>

On 11 November, two Niger military officials described an attack on a village in Bosso district in which five civilians and 20 militants were killed. A senior government official later denied that the attack had occurred, according to Reuters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-violence-niger-idUSKCN0T10PK20151112#iARYBRH5XOVYPjFJ.97|title=Around 25 dead in Boko Haram raid in Niger, clashes with army|work=[[Reuters]]|author=Abdoulaye Massalaki|date=12 November 2015|access-date=18 November 2015|archive-date=18 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118030624/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/12/us-nigeria-violence-niger-idUSKCN0T10PK20151112#iARYBRH5XOVYPjFJ.97|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/boko-haram-village-raid-clashes-niger-army-leave-25-dead-n462051|title=Boko Haram Village Raid, Clashes With Niger Army Leave 25 Dead|work=[[NBC News]]|agency=[[Reuters]]|date=12 November 2015|access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref> On 26 November, Boko Haram launched a cross-border night raid on Wogom village in Diffa province. A government spokesman, Justice Minister Marou Amadou stated: "Eighteen villagers were killed, including the chief imam for the village whose throat was slit by his own nephew".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/18-killed-boko-haram-attack-southeast-niger-134025219.html|title=Boko Haram attack kills 18 in southeast Niger|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|author=AFP|date=26 November 2015|access-date=27 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-violence-niger-idUSKBN0TF1I520151126#u8jCeEhtwJkkRCtb.97|title=Niger says Boko Haram gunmen kill 18 in village bordering Nigeria|work=[[Reuters]]|author=Abdoulaye Massalaki|date=26 November 2015|access-date=27 November 2015|archive-date=27 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127043136/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/26/us-nigeria-violence-niger-idUSKBN0TF1I520151126#u8jCeEhtwJkkRCtb.97|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 13 March 2018, the [[United Nations]] Special Rapporteur on the human rights of [[internally displaced person]]s (IDP), Cecilia Jimenez-Damary said "Since the first attacks in Niger by Boko Haram in 2015, the [[Diffa Region|Diffa]] region, in the south-eastern part of the country, has been confronted with a continuing security crisis which has uprooted more than 129,000 internally from their homes, in addition to the arrival of 108,000 refugees from Nigeria, and has triggered a humanitarian crisis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22810&LangID=E|title=OHCHR – Niger: UN expert on internally displaced persons to conduct first official visit|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref> He said that IDPs in Niger are posing huge challenges to the country and "require a strong and comprehensive response". He also said situation in the regions bordering [[Mali]] has led to the displacement of some 1,540 persons.
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