Niger sending troops toward rebel area
 

Niger Sending Troops Toward Rebel Area - 4000 soldiers in Air region

Niger Sending Troops Toward Rebel Area - Temoust - Survie touarègue

...Niger is deploying large numbers of troops, 4,000 one report says, in the north of the country after a spate of attacks by Tuareg rebels, military sources and residents said Saturday.

Residents in Agadez, in the north, said they had seen columns of trucks taking troops and equipment toward Mount Tamgak 250 miles north, the base of the rebels’ organization, the Tuareg Niger Movement for Justice...