Niamey, Mar 18, 2020, SPA -- Fifty fighters from Boko Haram were killed in an overnight clash in the south-east of Niger, the government said. The Defense Ministry said armed terrorists, riding in about 20 vehicles, attacked a military post in Toummour, in Diffa region. The assailants were repelled, the ministry said, giving a provisional toll of one soldier wounded and 50 Boko Haram fighters killed. Reinforcements from the Special Intervention Battalion joined the chase to the shores of Lake Chad, the ministry said. --SPA 18:46 LOCAL TIME 15:46 GMT 0024 www.spa.gov.sa/w1290710