Islamist attack in Niger kills at least 37 people

At least 37 people, many of them children, are said to have been killed in an Islamist attack in the Tillabéri region in the west of the country; Uganda has said it will take in two thousand Afghan refugees following the country's takeover by the Taliban; Kenya's Public Prosecutor orders the arrest of six Police officers linked to the death of two brothers; And we take a deeper look at the rising of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

(Photo: the President of Niger, together with the families paid tribute to the 71 Military personnel who died in an attack on a military camp in Inates in the western Tillaberi region on December 10, 2019. Credit: BOUREIMA HAMA/AFP via Getty Images)