A bomb blast has killed six Nigerien soldiers near the border with Mali, Niger’s army said Thursday, adding around 10 “terrorists” were later killed in air strikes.
(FILES) Niger soldiers patrol in the desert of Iferouane on February 12, 2020 to protect tourists and dignitaries during the Air Festival. – Twenty-three Nigerien soldiers were killed in an ambush in western Niger during an offensive near the border with Burkina Faso, the defence ministry said. The soldiers were engaged in cleaning up operations near Burkina Faso’s Mai region on March 19 and 20, 2024 and were killed during a “complex ambush”, it said, adding that “about 30 terrorists had been neutralised”. (Photo by Souleymane Ag Anara / AFP)