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Seven soldiers were killed Sunday after their vehicle ran over a landmine in the Niger’s western Tillaberi region, said the National Guard of Niger (GNN).
Jihadist fighters regularly launch attacks in the region.
A vehicle carrying supplies on a weekly delivery run hit the mine late in the morning 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Samira village, said the GNN in a statement.
The village, whichh lies not far from Niger’s border with Burkina Faso in the southwest, has since 2004 hosted the country’s only industrial-scale gold mine.
This assault was just the latest in a series of attacks against Niger’s soldiers.
The impoverished Sahel country is grappling with an insurgency by jihadists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. In the southwest, they also have to contend with jihadist fighters from Boko Haram.
It Is supported by a number of Western countries, including France and the United States, who both have military bases there. (AFP: Text, Excluding Headline)
