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Landmine Kills Seven Soldiers in Niger
Landmine Kills Seven Soldiers in Niger
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Seven soldiers were killed Sunday after their vehicle ran over a landmine in the Niger's western Tillaberi region, said the National Guard of Niger (GNN).
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Jihadist fighters regularly launch attacks in the region.A vehicle carrying supplies on a weekly delivery run hit the mine late in the morning six kilometres (four miles) from Samira village, said the GNN in a statement.The village, which lies not far from Niger's border with Burkina Faso in the southwest, has since 2004 hosted the country's only industrial-scale gold mine.This assault was just the latest in a series of attacks against Niger's soldiers.The impoverished Sahel country is grappling with an insurgency by jihadists linked to al-Qaeda* and the Islamic State group*. In the southwest, they also have to contend with jihadist fighters from Boko Haram*.It is supported by a number of western countries, including France and the United States, who both have military bases there.* terrorist groups banned in Russia and many other countries
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Landmine Kills Seven Soldiers in Niger
07:55 08.05.2023 (Updated: 08:28 08.05.2023) Agence France Presse (AFP)
Seven soldiers were killed Sunday after their vehicle ran over a landmine in the Niger's western Tillaberi region, said the National Guard of Niger (GNN).
Jihadist fighters
regularly launch attacks in the region.
A vehicle carrying supplies on a weekly delivery run hit the mine late in the morning six kilometres (four miles) from Samira village, said the GNN in a statement.
The village, which lies not far from Niger's border with Burkina Faso in the southwest, has since 2004 hosted the country's only industrial-scale gold mine.
This assault was just the latest in a series of attacks against Niger's soldiers.
The impoverished Sahel country
is grappling with an insurgency by jihadists linked to al-Qaeda* and the Islamic State group*. In the southwest, they also have to contend with jihadist fighters from Boko Haram*.
It is supported by a number of western countries, including France and the United States, who both have military bases there.
* terrorist groups banned in Russia and many other countries
