Sylvain Cherkaoui, photojournaliste

Mahamadou Ali shared a room with five others in a house in Bla Brin, 25 km from Diffa. Mahamadou was 15 when rebels attacked his village one night in December 2015. “They shouted, ‘Get up!’ and because nobody moved, they started shooting.” One bullet hit Mahamadou in the back, another in the abdomen and a third went through someone else before settling in his foot. “My foot’s infected and they’re going to have to amputate it.” In total, four people were killed and two wounded. “The Nigerien army came the following day and treated me. Now we’re living in the camp for displaced people in Gagamari.” Mahamadou’s father stays with him every day in the regional hospital: “I’ve been by my son’s bedside for four months now. I can’t feed my family and I haven’t received any aid for a long time.”