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In a statement, the Nigerien army said it has killed 100 jihadists in an operation in a south-western region near the Burkina Faso border. The operation held in the Torodi area and followed an attack that killed 19 security officers on a resupply mission on 31 July. Another team that …

Two Malian soldiers have been killed in an attack in a north-eastern region, AFP news agency quotes the army as saying. AFP added that the army statement said the assailants stormed a military post south-west of the town of Ansongo, near the borders with Burkina Faso and Niger, in an …