Wetin we know about di gunshots for Niger capital airport

Residents for Niger capital Niamey tell BBC say dem hear explosions and gunfire wey dey come from di airport for di capital.

"I hear di first gunshots at 06:00 (05:00 local time) wen I dey mosque. But di current situation don dey under control," one pesin tok.

Di gunfire, wey last for two hours, bin come from di entrance to di airport, one witness tell AFP news agency.

Niger don dey fight militant Islamist insurgency for about 10 years and for January suspected jihadists launch attack on di same airport.

Like dia neighbours, Burkina Faso and Mali, na military junta wey enta power dey head Niger becos of di failure to deal wit di violence.

Residents tell BBC say di army don stop di Thursday attack, and now dem dey find di assailants wey reportedly abandon dia weapons.

No group don claim responsibility for Thursday attack and di authorities neva comment. But one affiliate to di Islamic State group bin claim say na dem carry out di January attack.

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