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NIAMEY, Niger - Niger said Friday the death toll had risen to 17 following a jihadist attack on soldiers last week in the country's southwest near the border with Mali. "Seventeen (soldiers) dead, 13 wounded, 12 missing," the defence ministry said. "Search operations are continuing," it added. The...

NIAMEY, Niger – Suspected jihadists attacked a bus and a truck in Niger, killing 21 people in the southwestern Tillaberi region near Burkina Faso, local and security sources said on Thursday. "A terrorist attack on Wednesday afternoon by heavily armed men travelling on motorcycles and in a...