Battle of Chinagodrar

Battle of Chinagodrar
Part of the War in the Sahel and the Islamist insurgency in Niger

IS-GS militants in the Chinagodar camp
Date9 January 2020
Location
Chinagodrar, Filingue Department, Tillabéri Region, Niger
Result Islamic State (ISIS) victory
Belligerents
Niger
France
United States		 Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
Casualties and losses
89+ killed, 6 injured 7 killed

On 9 January 2020, a large group of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara militants assaulted a Nigerien military base at Chinagodrar, in Niger's Tillabéri Region. They attacked an army post in Chinagodrar, in the west of the country, in Tillabéri Region, 13 kilometres (8 miles) from the border with Mali, 210 kilometres (130 miles) north of Niamey. At least 89 Nigerien soldiers were confirmed to have been killed in the attack, with more casualties suspected, making it the worst attack on the army since the start of the insurgency. The Nigerien government said that 77 militants were killed.

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