Frederic de Saint-Sernin, vice CEO of ACTED (not pictured), Joseph Breham, lawyer of ACTED, Frederic Roussel, co-founder and development director of ACTED, and Marie-Pierre Caley, co-founder and CEO of ACTED, attend a news conference at the NGO headquarters in Paris, France, August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's government has extended a state of emergency to the entire region that surrounds the capital Niamey and suspended access to a giraffe reserve where six French aid workers and two Nigeriens were shot dead.
Attackers on motorbikes ambushed the group on Sunday while they were driving through the reserve, a popular destination for expatriates southeast of Niamey in the Tillabery region.
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