and wounded six others in an attack on an army post in west Niger near its border with Mali on Thursday, the government said.
But it coincides with a campaign by groups connected to al Qaeda and Islamic State to force the Nigerien army back from its western frontier with Mali, where government control of the rural centre and north has all but evaporated because of the rise of jihadists. “The Defence Ministry … offers its condolences to the victims and wishes the wounded a prompt recovery,” the statement said, adding that a search operation was under way to find those responsible.
They include a raid last month that killed 71 soldiers at another military outpost about 150 km to the west of Chinagodrar, believed to be the biggest attack on the Nigerien military.
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