Aerial view of Koutoukale Prison
CONFLICT
Suspected Militants Escape High Security Prison in Niger
On July 11th, an unknown number of assailants escaped from Niger's Koutoukale prison in Tillaberi region, the nation's only high-security prison, which according to local press, holds "terrorist leaders of Boko Haram, the Islamic State or Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM)," an umbrella group of al-Qaeda affiliated militant groups.