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    <text>Five villagers are killed and two more wounded as militants storm the village of Fantio, in the Tillabéri Region, Niger, during Eid al-Fitr celebrations. </text>
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      <text>Sixteen Nigerien soldiers are killed and six others are wounded when their patrol is ambushed in Tahoua. </text>
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      <text>Sixteen Nigerien soldiers are killed and six others are wounded when their patrol is ambushed in the Tahoua Region. </text>
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      <text>Sixteen Nigerien soldiers are killed and six others wounded when their patrol is ambushed in the Tahoua Region. </text>
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    <text>Sixteen Nigerien soldiers are killed and six others wounded when their patrol is ambushed in Tahoua. </text>
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    <text>At least 10 people are killed during attacks at two villages in the Tillabéri Region, Niger. </text>
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      <text>Twenty-one more people are found dead and others succumb to their injuries a day after the attack in Tchombangou and Zaroumdareye, in Niger, bringing the death toll to 100. More than 75 others are wounded. </text>
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      <text>Twenty-one more people are found dead and others soccumb to their injuries a day after the attack in Tchombangou and Zaroumdareye, in Niger, bringing the death toll to 100. More than 75 others are wounded. </text>
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    <text>Twenty-one more people are found dead and others die of their injuries a day after the attacks in Tchombangou and Zaroumdareye, in Tillabéri, Niger, bringing the death toll to 100. More than 75 others are wounded. </text>
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      <text>At least 79 civilians are killed and 20 others injured when Islamist militants attack two villages simultaneously in Tillabéri Niger, near the border with Mali. </text>
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      <text>At least 79 civilians are killed and 20 others injured when Islamist militants attack two villages simultaneously in southwestern Niger, near the border with Mali. </text>
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      <text>At least 70 civilians are killed and 20 others injured when Islamist militants attack two villages simultaneously in southwestern Niger, near the border with Mali. </text>
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    <text>At least 79 civilians are killed and 20 others are injured when Islamist militants attack two villages simultaneously in Tillabéri, Niger, near the border with Mali. </text>
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      <text>Niger says seven troops and 11 Islamist militants have been killed in clashes in Tillabéri Region, ahead of this weekend's general election. </text>
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    <text>Niger says seven troops and 11 Islamist militants have been killed in clashes in Tillabéri, ahead of Sunday's general election. </text>
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    <text>Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) names Algerian Islamist Abu Obaida Yusuf al-Annabi as its new leader, following the death of Abdelmalek Droukdel during the Battle of Talahandak in June. Al-Annabi has been on the U.S. &quot;international terrorist&quot; blacklist since September 2015, and he has regularly appeared in jihadist propaganda videos. </text>
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    <text>ISIL claims responsibility for the attack in Chinagodrar, Tillabéri Region, Niger, that killed at least 89 Nigerien soldiers. </text>
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    <text>Fourteen Nigerien soldiers are killed by heavily armed militant gunmen who ambushed the convoy in the Tillabéri Region of Niger. </text>
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    <text>An apparent ambush in Niger near the Malian border leaves three U.S. Special Forces soldiers and five Nigerien soldiers dead during a joint patrol. </text>
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  <text>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. </text>
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