Charline Fouchet, 30 years old, had just been hired by the NGO Acted.

A former phd student Aix-Marseille University is one of the eight victims of the attack Sunday in Niger, indicates The Provence.

Charline Fouchet, aged 30 years, worked for the NGO Acted, as well as two other women and three men who were victims of the attack during an excursion.

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a Native of Seine-Maritime, the young woman was the holder of a phd in management science obtained in 2016 at Aix-Marseille University (Amu), continues to the regional daily newspaper. The university also paid tribute on Twitter on Monday : “We do not forget. We send our sincere condolences to his uncle, his family, his friends and his loved ones.” His uncle is in effect an advisor to the president of Aix-Marseille University, and former director of the Cergam, centre for research which had studied Charline Fouchet.

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In that position for two years at the embassy of France in Nigeria, the young woman had to be hired by Acted.