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Niger mourns death of 89 soldiers who were killed in an attack on military base

The Niger government has declared three days of national mourning after 89 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military base. The attack happened on Thursday when heavily armed militants attacked an army outpost in Chinagodrar in the country’s west, near the border of Mali, government spokesman Abdourahame Zakari said in a statement Sunday. […]