The military government announced a three-day mourning period after one of the worst militancy-related incidents in the African country in recent times.
Twenty-nine soldiers were killed in western Niger in an attack by suspected militants, the Defence Ministry has said, declaring a three-day national mourning period.
Two soldiers were seriously wounded and"several dozen terrorists" were also killed, according to the statement. "Communications from the terrorists, who were forced to withdraw, have been intercepted", the ministry said, adding that the attackers"benefitted from outside expertise", without giving any further details.An insurgency has plagued Africa's Sahel region for more than a decade, breaking out in northern Mali in 2012 before spreading to neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso in 2015.
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