Fourteen troops were killed when “heavily-armed terrorists” ambushed a convoy in the western Niger region of Tillaberi, the interior ministry said Thursday. “After a fierce battle… seven police and seven national guards were killed” Wednesday, it said in a statement, adding that security forces had been escorting a team to carry out election registration in the district of Sanam.

Source: The Guardian December 26, 2019 16:07 UTC