“A spokesman for the Niger government, Morou Amadou, said the attacks were by Islamist militants, probably from al Qaeda’s north Africa wing, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) or its spin-off West African group The Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), which seized control of neighboring north Mali last year.” Unity … Continue reading Niger: Jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers attack uranium mine, military barracks