Africa: Seven soldiers killed in mine explosion in western Niger

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8-05-2023, 08:53

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Seven soldiers killed in mine explosion in western Niger
Seven Nigerien soldiers died on Sunday when their vehicle exploded on a mine in the Tillabéri region (west), where jihadist groups regularly operate.
“A vehicle of the weekly supply escort mission jumped on a mine” at the end of the morning, about 6 km from the village of Samira, in the department of Gothèye, near the border with Burkina Faso, said a press release. of the GNN, attached to the Ministry of the Interior and at the forefront of the fight against jihadists. “Unfortunately we deplore the death of seven occupants of the vehicle”, adds the text read Sunday evening on public television.

The village of Samira has been home to Niger’s only industrial gold mine since 2004. The department of Gothèye is located on the right bank of the Niger River in the Tillabéri region, an area of the three borders between Mali, Burkina Faso and Nige

source-AFP