Live: France pays tribute to aid workers killed in Niger

French Prime Minister Jean Castex led tributes to six French aid workers killed by suspected jihadists in Niger as their…

French Prime Minister Jean Castex led tributes to six French aid workers killed by suspected jihadists in Niger as their bodies arrived home in Paris on Friday. Watch the ceremony live on FRANCE 24.

The four women and two men were killed on Sunday along with their Nigerien guide and driver in a wildlife haven about an hour’s drive southeast from the capital Niamey.

The victims worked for French NGO Acted and were aged between 25 and 30.