About 20 people were killed in an attack by armed bandits over the weekend, in a village in the Tillaberi region in Niger, near the border with Mali.

Nigerien Radio Voice of the Coast said: “The Tillaberi region is in a state of mourning after the attack carried out by armed bandits on Monday, May 20, 2024, an attack that unfortunately caused the death of about twenty people.”

The radio did not specify the circumstances of the attack but indicated that it occurred in the village of Jambala, on National Road No. 1, about thirty kilometers from Tillaberi, the large city in southeastern Niger, which is located 100 kilometers from the capital, Niamey.

The victims included women and children, according to information published by residents of the area on social media.
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The Nigerian army announced the liquidation of “Abdullah Suleiman Adwal”, an influential leader within the “ISIS” organization in the west of the country, last Sunday night in the town of Mihana in the Tillaberi region bordering Mali and Burkina Faso.

The army explained in an official statement that the operation led to the “neutralization” of Adwal as part of the counter-terrorism efforts launched by its forces in the region, which is a stronghold for extremists linked to “Al-Qaeda” and “ISIS”.

The Nigerian army announced earlier last week that it had killed nine extremists and arrested 31 others in security operations that took place southeast of Tira, an area that witnessed repeated battles between soldiers and extremists.
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The high-security Koutukale prison, near the Nigerian capital Niamey, has seen hundreds of prisoners escape following a massive mutiny involving jihadist militiamen.

Until now, the exact number of escaped prisoners is not known, but the prison contained about 200 people accused of terrorism, according to what the Daily Post reported.

According to eyewitnesses, gunshots and explosions were heard in the area at midday on Thursday, prompting guards to intervene, but by then the inmates had already taken control of the prison, smashing the armored gates and barbed wire fences.

Prison authorities said that this is not the first time the prison has witnessed escape attempts, as two previous attempts were thwarted in 2016 and 2019.
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