This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress
Eleven Nigerian soldiers were killed on Friday in an attack claimed by a terrorist group in the north of the country, near the border with Algeria, local sources report on Saturday.
The raid targeted a patrol of the elements of the special intervention battalion of Agadez which “fell into an ambush” towards the area of Ekadé Malane, close to the Algerian border, indicate the same sources.
The bodies of the victims of this attack claimed by the support group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM), a branch of Al-Qaeda were buried on Saturday in a cemetery in the urban commune of Agadez, according to the media.
The border regions of Niger are regularly faced with violent attacks perpetrated by terrorist and criminal groups operating in the region.
Faced with these security challenges, a joint force of 5,000 soldiers from Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, three countries that form the Alliance of the States of the Sahel (AES) must soon see the light of day to fight insecurity.
