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Several gold mines in northern Niger managed by a Chinese company were ordered to temporarily close after dozens of animals died from drinking wastewater, local authorities told AFP on Sunday. Herders around the town of Tabelot had pointed to Sahara SARL's mines as the only explanation for their animals' deaths, saying the region was not…

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French uranium miner Orano said on Friday it had evacuated expatriate staff from northern Niger after being warned of a threat in the jihadist-troubled region.

The soldiers were protecting a convoy of gold miners. Attacks on gold miners have been frequent in the Agadez region where migrant, arms, and drug trafficking is rife through Nigers vast swathes of desert bordering Libya and Algeria

Gunmen have killed five Niger army troops protecting a convoy of gold miners in the remote north of the country near Algeria, a security source told AFP on Monday.

The soldiers were protecting a convoy of gold miners. Attacks on gold miners have been frequent in the Agadez region where migrant, arms, and drug trafficking is rife through Nigers vast swathes of desert bordering Libya and Algeria

The authenticity of the order, published by the Nigerien newspaper Air Info, was confirmed by the interior minister, who declined to give further details.

Of the eight names listed, four were convicted of crimes during the genocide by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Suspected jihadists killed 25 civilians in Niger in a lawless desert region near the border with Mali, local officials said.