Nigerian refugees killed in stampede

Reports from Niger say at least 20 people have been killed and many others wounded in a stampede in the south-eastern town of Diffa as thousands of Nigerian refugees, displaced by Boko Haram violence, scrambled to get relief materials supplied by Nigeria’s Borno state government.

Reports from Niger say at least 20 people have been killed and many others wounded in a stampede in the south-eastern town of Diffa as thousands of Nigerian refugees, displaced by Boko Haram violence, scrambled to get relief materials supplied by Nigeria’s Borno state government.