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At least 57 security personnel were killed on Wednesday in two attacks by a Sahel branch of the Islamic State terrorist group in Niger, the Nigerien Ministry of Defence announced on Thursday.
News Niger » Tahoua Region: UNHCR outraged by deadly attack against displaced population in Western Niger
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee ...
News Niger » Tahoua Region: Fifty-seven security personnel killed in Niger attacks
At least 57 security personnel have been killed in two attacks by a Sahel branch of the Islamic State terrorist group in Niger. Thirty-eight soldiers were killed in an initial attack on the Dabagu ...
News Niger » Tahoua Region: ‘We rule here by divine ordinance’: Inside the villages controlled by Niger’s emboldened jihadists
On 2 September, after eight weeks of negotiations arranged by a former aid worker and a local intermediary, The Africa Report met a small cell of Jamaʿat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) fighters ...
News Niger » Tahoua Region: Militants kill over 30 soldiers, overrun military base in Mali
An Al Qaeda-linked group active in West Africa's Sahel region has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in Mali on Sunday that two sources said had killed more than 30 soldiers. More ...