Niger says 29 soldiers killed in attack, rejects Algerian mediation

At least 29 Niger soldiers were killed in an ambush by insurgents near the country’s border with Mali, the defence ministry said, the deadliest attack since the military seized power in a coup in July, Reuters reports. The Niger junta also denied it had accepted an offer by Algeria to act as a mediator to solve its political crisis, even though Algeria had said yesterday it had received official notification of Niger’s acceptance. The junta said in a statement yesterday that it was surprised by Algeria’s assertion that Niger had agreed for it to act as mediator, and that it rejected its conclusions. Niger and its neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso, also run by military governments that seized power in coups, are all battling […] Source

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