Kano, Nigeria, Nov 5, 2025 (AFP) - Jihadists attack Nigeria base near Niger: sources

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2025-11-06
Fourteen troops were injured when Islamist fighters attacked a base in remote northeast Nigeria near the border with Niger, military and local militia sources told AFP on Wednesday. Several attackers were killed and nine captured when militants from the Islamist State West Africa Province (ISWAP) targeted the base in Malam Fatori with heavy guns and rocket-propelled grenades on Monday, the sources said. Troops engaged the jihadists in a "fierce......
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