NIAMEY: West Africa's al Qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility on Thursday for an attack on the airport and military airbase in Niger's capital that the government said killed 11 members of the security forces, highlighting persistent insecurity in the Sahel region.
Thursday's attack in Niamey, which witnesses said began at around 6 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) and lasted for over two hours, was the second on the airport complex this year, after the region's Islamic State affiliate, known as Islamic State Sahel Province (ISSP), targeted the site in January.
