UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has condemned the attack conducted by unidentified gunmen in Banibangou in the region of Tillabéri of Niger.
Spokesman for Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric said this this while briefing correspondents at UN headquarters in New York.
Fifteen people were killed on Monday in an attack in western Niger, less than two weeks after 33 people were killed by suspected jihadists in the same area, according to reports.
Banibangou falls inside what is known as the three-border region between Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, which for years has been the scene of bloody attacks by jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
Two attacks blamed on jihadists at the end of July left 33 people dead, and prompted the interior ministry to promise tougher security measures in the region and to bring the killers to justice.
