Islamist militants killed 71 soldiers in an attack on a remote military camp in Niger near the border with Mali, an army spokesman said on Wednesday, in the deadliest raid against the Nigerien military in living memory.
Jihadists with links to Islamic State and al Qaeda have mounted increasingly lethal attacks across West Africa’s Sahel region this year despite the commitment of thousands of regional and foreign troops to counter them.
The violence has hit Mali and Burkina Faso the hardest, rendering large swathes of those countries ungovernable, but it has also spilled into Niger, which shares long and porous borders with its two neighbors.
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More News On Today's Attack Against A Niger Military Base
Niger military camp attack kills more than 60 -- AFP
At least 60 killed in Niger militant attack -- BBC
Adviser to Niger's president says at least 70 soldiers have been killed by suspected jihadists in deadliest attack yet. -- AP
Scores of soldiers killed in Niger base attack -- Al Jazeera
At Least 70 Soldiers Killed in Attack on Military Camp in Niger - Report -- Sputnik
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