On March 15, 2021, jihadists from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara attacked the village of Darey-Daye, Tillabéri Region, Niger, killing sixty-six civilians.

At the start of 2021, the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, a predominantly Fulani organization based in the tri-border area between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, began attacking civilian areas, especially with non-Fulani populations.

[1] At around 5 p.m. on March 15, 2021, armed men stopped four buses carrying civilians in the villages of Chinagodrar and Darey-Daye that were returning from the weekly market in Banibangou.

[4] The jihadists then raided the village of Darey-Daye, where they burned granaries and shot indiscriminately at civilians.

[6][7][3] The Nigerien government stated on March 16 that fifty-eight people were killed and one was injured in the massacre.