Niger authorities orders evacuation of Africans from Lake Chad over Boko Haram attacks.

 Niger authorities on Thursday April 30 ordered the evacuation of Africans living on Lake Chad following a deadly attack by Boko Haram militants in the Island last week that left at least 74 soldiers & civilians dead and many more missing. According to a statement released by the governor of the region of Diffa, residents were told to leave the islands by May 4;
"Due to security imperatives, the governor of the region of Diffa has the honour of inviting the populations living on the islands in the Nigerien part of Lake Chad to leave the islands and rejoin the mainland," the statement read