DAKAR, Senegal — Gunmen killed eight people on Sunday at a wildlife reserve in Niger, including six French humanitarian workers, their Nigerien driver and a guide, according to authorities. The group had traveled to Kouré reserve in an area known as the Giraffe Zone, home to the only remaining population of West African giraffes. “They had been brutally shot with bullets, but also flamethrowers had charred the car and some of the people. But the Giraffe Zone has been widely considered safe. The visitors were French humanitarian workers, said the authorities.

Source: New York Times August 09, 2020 22:30 UTC