Fambita
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Fambita | |
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  Fambita Location of Fambita | |
| Coordinates: 14°20′9″N 0°54′2″E / 14.33583°N 0.90056°E | |
| Country | Niger |
| Region | Tillabéri Region |
| Department | Téra Department |
| Commune | Kokorou |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 302 |
Fambita (also: Fambéta, Fombita) is a village in the rural commune of Kokorou in Niger.
The village, led by a traditional chief (chef traditionnel), is located approximately 14 kilometers north of the main town of Kokorou, in the rural commune of the same name, which belongs to the Téra department in the Tillabéri region . Other settlements in the vicinity of Fambita include Béra in the northwest, Amara and Loudji in the northeast, Dossa Kourégou in the southwest, and Doungouro and Sédey in the west.[1]
The climate is that of the Sahel zone, with an average annual rainfall of between 300 and 400 mm.[2]
History
On May 15, 2023, armed attackers invaded the villages of Fambita, Béra, Doungouro, Firo Koira, Komdi, Kourégou, Sédey, and Zaney, extorting livestock. The previous day, livestock had been stolen and two people murdered in the village of Boungou, also located in the Kokorou commune. Residents of all the villages fled under difficult circumstances to the departmental capital, Téra.[3]
In an attack attributed to the terrorist organization Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, 44 civilians were killed and 13 others injured, four seriously, during Friday prayers at a mosque in Fambita on March 21, 2025. As they retreated, the attackers set fire to the market and several residential buildings. The Niger government declared three days of national mourning following the massacre.[4]
