### [2021-08-1](/feed/2021/08/1/index.md)

##### Insurgency in the Maghreb
# Fifteen troops are killed and six others are missing as Islamists ambush them in Torodi, Tillabéri Region. A bombing also exploded as the soldiers tried to evacuate their wounded. 




### Sources:

1. [France 24](https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210801-more-than-a-dozens-soldiers-killed-several-missing-in-niger-attack)

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