NIAMEY: Seven troops and 11 suspected extremists have died in clashes in a troubled western region of Niger ahead of elections this weekend, the defense ministry said Thursday. An army patrol in the Taroun area in the Tillaberi region was ambushed early Monday morning by “heavily armed terrorists” traveling aboard motorbikes and other vehicles, it said in a statement, using a
Seven troops, 11 terrorists killed in Niger ahead of vote
By AFP
Niger. By (AFP)
Seven troops and 11 suspected jihadists have died in clashes in a troubled western region of Niger ahead of elections this weekend, the defence ministry said Thursday.
An army patrol in the Taroun area in the Tillaberi region was ambushed early Monday morning by heavily armed terrorists travelling aboard motorbikes and other vehicles, it said in a statement, using a term that typically denotes jihadists.
The country, the poorest in the world by the benchmark of the UN s Human Development Index, is to stage presidential and legislative elections on Sunday.
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