Niger: Abaturage 9 bishwe mu gitero cy’abarwanyi b’iterabwoba

Tillabéri, Niger – Inkuru ya AFP

Abantu icyenda 9 barimo abasivili n’abasirikare bishwe mu gitero cyagabwe n’abakekwaho kuba abarwanyi b’imitwe ya Jihad muri Niger, nk’uko byatangajwe n’inzego zaho z’umutekano n’abaturage babibonye n’amaso.

Ibi byabaye mu cyumweru gishize mu gace ka Tillabéri, mu majyaruguru ashyira uburengerazuba bw’igihugu, hafi y’umupaka wa Mali. Aka gace gakunze kwibasirwa n’ibitero by’imitwe y’iterabwoba yibumbiye muri Al-Qaeda na Leta ya Kisilamu by’umwihariko muri Sahel.

Abatangabuhamya bavuga ko abarwanyi bitwaje intwaro bateye igice cy’icyaro bagasanga abaturage, bagahitana bamwe barimo n’abashinzwe umutekano bari bahari.

“Igitero cyatangiye nijoro. Twumvise amasasu menshi, abandi bagerageza guhunga, ariko hari abahasize ubuzima,” umwe mu baturage yabwiye itangazamakuru.

Ubuyobozi bw’ingabo za Niger bwatangaje ko bwahise bwohereza abasirikare mu rwego rwo guhangana n’abagabye igitero, maze abakekwaho kuba abarwanyi 13 baricwa, abandi babiri bafatwa mpiri.

Iki gitero kibaye mu gihe igihugu cya Niger gikomeje guhura n’ibibazo bikomeye by’umutekano kuva aho igisirikare gifatiye ubutegetsi mu mpinduka zabaye mu 2023. Guverinoma nshya yari yijeje gukumira ibikorwa by’iterabwoba ariko ibitero bikomeje kwiyongera, cyane cyane mu turere twegereye imipaka.

Mu myaka yashize, akarere ka Sahel kabaye indiri y’ubwicanyi n’ibikorwa by’iterabwoba, byatumye miliyoni z’abaturage bava mu byabo, abandi bagwa mu mirwano hagati y’ingabo z’ibihugu n’imitwe yitwaje intwaro.

Impuguke mu by’umutekano bavuga ko ikibazo cya Niger gishobora gukurura umutekano mucye mu bihugu bihana imbibi na cyo birimo Mali, Burkina Faso na Nigeria.

Ibihugu by’amahanga bikomeje gusaba ko hakorwa ibishoboka byose kugira ngo haboneke umuti urambye w’ikibazo cy’umutekano muri Sahel, ariko inzira iracyari ndende.