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Niger army chief fired after 89 killed in extremist attack

by Associated Press
| January 13, 2020 6:05 AM

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s president has fired the army’s chief of staff after attacks against security forces have killed at least 174 security force members since December.

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