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=**Niger:**= Churches, homes and the police HQs in the small northeast Nigerian town of Geidam were set on fire at night time. gun and bomb attacks by the Islamist, the police said that happened on Sunday (27/11/11)... Most attacks have mostly taken place in and around Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, which borders Yobe state and neighbouring countries **Niger**, Cameroon and Chad.
 * //From niger news//**:

4 policemen were killed, 20 wounded, 8 churches, 20 market stalls and Geidam council's Office are completely destroyed. [|for more info click here:]

There is a high threat from terrorism. Terrorists have been involved in kidnaps in the region and we think that further kidnap attacks are likely. On 19 April 2011 the Embassy of France in Bamako (Mali) alerted its nationals of a "very high risk" of being kidnapped in Mali and Niger and on 27 July 2011 the US Embassy in Niamey issued an emergency message to US citizens in **Niger** wanting them to stop kidnapping. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQ-M) operates directly or through criminal gangs who carry out kidnappings on their risk or pass on their kidnap victims for being served or any other torture. Recent kidnaps in or close to Niger include:
 * //From uk gov://**


 * On 24 November 2011, two French nationals were reported because they have been kidnapped from a hotel in the town of Hombori, to the north east of Mopti in neighbouring Mali.