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Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist has claimed responsibility for the weekend attack on a village in neighbouring Niger that left 27 dead. … Witnesses and other officials confirmed the attack, which came hours before municipal and regional elections went ahead across Niger on Sunday.
Niger’s army, locked in a battle with jihadist groups in several regions, should double in size to “at least 50,000” soldiers in the next five years, Defense Minister Issoufou Katambe has told parliament.
The recent discovery of 71 bodies in six mass graves in Niger is not an isolated incident. In the Sahel region countries, soldiers repeatedly violate the rights of civilians.
Emmanuel Macron vowed Tuesday to reinforce security measures in the region and the next day France advised against any travel to areas of Niger outside Niamey. Six French nationals were among eight people killed in a suspected jihadist attack in Niger on Sunday.
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The UN refugee agency reports more than 1,000 people have fled a site in western Niger following an attack by unidentified armed men on Sunday. … The agency said there has been a sharp increase in attacks in the past few months in the Liptako Gourma region where the borders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger intersect.
Two years ago, Niger suspended counter-terrorism cooperation with Malian militias in northern Tillabery and began trying to counter the Islamic State through outreach to communities where it is present. Since then, however, militants have killed local leaders and launched even deadlier attacks, and Niger has returned to a military approach.
At least 10 other soldiers were also wounded in the attack on the Blabrine military base near the Diffa town in Niger.
Niger says its army has killed at least 50 Boko Haram extremists after an attack on a military post.
A joint operation conducted by Niger’s armed forces and troops deployed to the France-led Operation Barkhane “neutralized” 120 “terrorists” and seized bomb-making equipment and vehicles in western Niger, the defense ministry said on Friday, February 22, AFP reported.
The U.S. military has switched from trying to degrade Islamic extremist groups in West Africa's sprawling Sahel region to merely trying to contain them as their deadly threat increases, a new U.S. government report says.