Multinational force conducting operations against Boko Haram - Niger general

By Joe Bavier NIAMEY (Reuters) - A multinational force has begun operations against Boko Haram along the border between Niger and Nigeria, a general from Niger said on Tuesday. Brigadier-General Abdou Sidikou Issa, tactical chief of staff for troops based in Niger's southern zone of Diffa, a region plagued by the Islamist militant group, said troops from Chad and Nigeria were involved in the operation. This is not the first time the nations in the Lake Chad basin -- Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Came