17 Niger soldiers were killed in an ambush near the Burkina Faso border Niger's military said 17 of its soldiers were killed in an ambu...
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17 Niger soldiers were killed in an ambush near the Burkina Faso border
Niger's military said 17 of its soldiers were killed in an ambush by insurgents, which was the deadliest attack since the July 26 coup in which the leaders of the coup declared insecurity in the country. as a justification for overthrowing the civilian government.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The attack was carried out on Tuesday in the southwestern region of the country on the border with Burkina Faso, 60 kilometers from the capital Yamai, the Ministry of Defense said, adding that they also killed 100 attackers. she called the terrorists.
The ministry said, "the emergency measures taken by the military and the response of the aircraft they used in the area of the fighting allowed them to control the situation."
Niger, like other countries in the Sahel region of West Africa, has been struggling for years to overcome insurgents linked to Al-Qaida and IS who have killed thousands of people and forced millions to leave their homes and cause food shortages.
The fact that civilian governments cannot overcome this problem is one of the factors that led to coups in the region, even though in Niger, the military leaders who took over the country's government were at the domestic political level.
The security officers of the presidential palace, led by General Abdourahmane Tiani, were the ones who overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum, and are still detaining him, resisting pressure from the United Nations, the West African ECOWAS group and other countries. Western Europe is returning him to power.