01:27 – Niger: ten Boko Haram "terrorists" killed in the south-east

Niger's army announced Saturday that it had killed "ten terrorists", after repelling an attack on one of its positions by the jihadist group Boko Haram in the south-east of the country, close to Nigeria. "On the night of Thursday, July 19 to Friday, July 20 around 23:00 (2200 GMT), the military position of Baroua was attacked by the terrorist group Boko Haram.The provisional record is: friend side, a deceased soldier and two wounded, enemy side ten terrorists killed following the rigorous reaction of our forces, "said the Nigerian Ministry of Defense in a statement read Saturday night on state television. "The search operations undertaken by our defense and security forces are ongoing," says the ministry. Baroua is located in the N'Guigmi zone, in the Diffa region (south-east of Niger), not far from the Lake Chad Basin, a very difficult marshy area, where Boko Haram fighters have been holed up. In addition to Boko Haram attacks in the south-east, Niger faces recurrent attacks by Islamists from Sahelian groups in the north and west. (Belga)

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