Niamey (AFP) Dec 13, 2022

The Sahel state of Niger is urging former soldiers and police to get back into uniform to help the years-long battle against jihadists, security sources said on Tuesday.

The authorities began an operation on Monday aimed at mustering a thousand men, “who won’t go directly to the front, but will be used to secure important sites”, one source said.

Colonel Abdoulaye Mounkaila, a retired of
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