Seventeen troops killed in new Niger attack

Seventeen troops died in a jihadist ambush in Niger, the government said, in a reminder of the nation’s deep security crisis as its military rulers face off against neighbours determined to reverse last month’s coup. An army detachment was “the victim of a terrorist ambush near the town of Koutougou” in the Tillaberi region near […]

The post Seventeen troops killed in new Niger attack appeared first on Digital Journal.

ambush army attack coup crisis died government jihadist military nation near niger reminder reverse security unrest victim world