Chetoumane attack
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| Chetoumane attack | |||||||
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| Part of Jihadist insurgency in Niger | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Niger |
 Islamic State - Sahel Province | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 140 soldiers | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 90-130+ killed | none | ||||||
| 50+ civilians killed | |||||||
On December 10, 2024, jihadists from the Islamic State – Sahel Province attacked Nigerien soldiers at a market in Chetoumane, Tillabéri Region, Niger, killing at least 90 soldiers and over 50 civilians.
In July 2023, disgruntled officers overthrew Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum in a coup, claiming that Bazoum's government was not effectively countering the insurgencies of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara and Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin in the western part of the country. JNIM and ISGS are most active in the tri-border area between Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, the latter two having had coups that installed military juntas within the past two years.[1]
Since the coup, jihadist attacks escalated, with an attack in Koutougou in August 2023 killing 17 soldiers and an attack in Tabatol killing at least sixty Nigerien soldiers and an attack in March 2024 in Teguey killing at least 30.[2]