Mutinous soldiers attacked Niger’s presidential palace, airport and state broadcaster on August 29 before loyalists backed by Russia’s Africa Corps crushed the attempt by morning.
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US Weighs First Direct Strikes on West Africa’s Most Powerful al-Qaeda Group
The Trump administration is debating whether to target JNIM, an al-Qaeda affiliate controlling large parts of Mali and the Sahel, in what would become its eighth active conflict theatre.