Militants ambushed an army patrol in Niger on Friday, killing 15 soldiers and wounding 19, the Defence Ministry said.

The ambush occurred in an area near the border with Mali where violent Islamists have been seeking to expand their reach.

“A search operation is underway to neutralise the terrorists,’’ the ministry statement said of the attack just outside the town of Tiloa.Militants and allied criminal gangs have long exploited the areas around the vast, desert border between Mali and Niger to launch attacks, even after a French-led military intervention pushed insurgent groups back from northern Mali in 2013.

Attacks in Niger are much rarer than in Mali, although militants in the past year have been expanding across borders in the fragile Sahel region into Niger and Burkina Faso.

Gunmen riding motor bikes and other vehicles raided a village and killed five soldiers in Niger in November.

http://ogashub.com.ng/breaking-news-niger-militants-ambush-and-kill-15-soldiers/

Niger-ia

Hi

All politicians should stop using innocent Nigeria

To score political goals

sarrki:
All politicians should stop using innocent Nigeria

To score political goals

No be Nigeria, na Niger Republic.

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DoTheNeedful:


No be Nigeria, na Niger Republic.

All join

Politicians are all over same place

sarrki:
All politicians should stop using innocent Nigeria

To score political goals

This is not about scoring the so-called political goal but something fundamental to the people agitating for freedom. The time has come for so-called Nigerians to go their different ways. The model has already existed in Europe and Africa should not be left behind this time around..

And this breaking news is coming from a blog. Abeg ooohh make admin no carry this thing go Front page, until it is verified.

Niger... God have mercy