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href="/wiki/Midal_attack" title="Midal attack">Midal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongo_Tongo_ambush" title="Tongo Tongo ambush">1st Tongo Tongo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Ayorou_attack" title="2017 Ayorou attack">1st Ayorou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Tongo-Tongo" title="Second Battle of Tongo-Tongo">2nd Tongo-Tongo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baley_Beri_ambush" title="Baley Beri ambush">Baley Beri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2019_Inates_attack" title="July 2019 Inates attack">1st Inates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inates" title="Battle of Inates">2nd Inates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanam_ambush" title="Sanam ambush">Sanam</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chinagodrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Ayorou_attack" title="2020 Ayorou attack">2nd Ayorou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taroun_(2020)" title="Battle of Taroun (2020)">Taroun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intoussan_ambush" title="Intoussan ambush">Intoussan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torodi_ambush" title="Torodi ambush">Torodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intagamey_attack" title="Intagamey attack">Intagamey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Koutougou_attack" title="2023 Koutougou attack">Koutougou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabatol_attack" title="Tabatol attack">Tabatol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teguey_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Teguey attack">Teguey</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Attacks</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agadez_and_Arlit_attacks" title="Agadez and Arlit attacks">Agadez and Arlit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Tillab%C3%A9ri_massacres" title="May 2020 Tillabéri massacres">Tillabéri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kour%C3%A9_shooting" title="Kouré shooting">Kouré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tchoma_Bangou_and_Zaroumdareye_massacres" title="Tchoma Bangou and Zaroumdareye massacres">Tchoma Bangou and Zaroumdareye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2021_Darey-Daye_massacre" title="March 2021 Darey-Daye massacre">1st Darey-Daye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tillia_massacres" title="Tillia massacres">Tillia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaigorou_massacre" title="Gaigorou massacre">Gaigorou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiye_and_Deykoukou_massacres" title="Wiye and Deykoukou massacres">Wiye and Deykoukou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2021_Darey-Daye_massacre" title="August 2021 Darey-Daye massacre">2nd Darey-Daye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Adab-Dab_attack" title="2021 Adab-Dab attack">Adab-Dab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petel_Kole_attack" title="Petel Kole attack">Petel Kole</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/US_military_intervention_in_Niger" title="US military intervention in Niger">US military intervention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JNIM-ISGS_war" title="JNIM-ISGS war">JNIM-ISGS war</a></li> <li><br /><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerien_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2023 Nigerien coup d'état">2023 coup d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerien_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Nigerien crisis">2023 crisis</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div><span style="font-size:97%;"><a href="/wiki/Islamist_insurgency_in_the_Sahel" title="Islamist insurgency in the Sahel">Islamist insurgency in the Sahel</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p>On 9 January 2020, a large group of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_in_the_Greater_Sahara" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State in the Greater Sahara">Islamic State in the Greater Sahara</a> <a href="/wiki/Militant" title="Militant">militants</a> assaulted a <a href="/wiki/Nigerien_military" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerien military">Nigerien military</a> <a href="/wiki/Military_base" title="Military base">base</a> at Chinagodrar, in <a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Tillab%C3%A9ri_Region" title="Tillabéri Region">Tillabéri Region</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-F_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-F-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-N_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-N-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They attacked an army post in Chinagodrar, in the west of the country, in Tillabéri Region, 13 kilometres (8 miles) from <a href="/wiki/Mali-Niger_border" class="mw-redirect" title="Mali-Niger border">the border</a> with Mali, 210 kilometres (130 miles) north of <a href="/wiki/Niamey" title="Niamey">Niamey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-F_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-F-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-N_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-N-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At least 89 Nigerien soldiers were confirmed to have been killed in the attack, with more casualties suspected, making it the worst attack on the army since the start of the insurgency.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Nigerien_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerien government">Nigerien government</a> said that 77 militants were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-F_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-F-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-N_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-N-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Chinagodrar&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 2015 Niger has suffered from a <a href="/wiki/Jihadist_insurgency_in_Niger" title="Jihadist insurgency in Niger">Jihadist insurgency</a> in the western part of the country from militants based in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a>. This attack followed those in Niger on <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inates" title="Battle of Inates">10</a> and 25 December 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attack">Attack</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Chinagodrar&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Attack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The attack on the army post by the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_in_the_Greater_Sahara" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State in the Greater Sahara">Islamic State in the Greater Sahara</a> (IS-GS) militants was launched from two directions. In the west, several heavily armed vehicles came from Akabar, Mali, while in the east, men riding several dozen motorcycles came from the Ikrafane forest in Niger. Prior to the attack, the IS-GS militants had rendered the <a href="/wiki/GSM" title="GSM">GSM network</a> inoperative after shelling the village of Dareydey. Despite the communication setback, Nigerien soldiers were able to contact air support through radio which came 20 minutes later in the form of a French <a href="/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_2000N/2000D" title="Dassault Mirage 2000N/2000D">Mirage 2000D</a> that routed the IS-GS militants in a show of force. Following this, American <a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">reaper drones</a> executed two strikes on the retreating militants.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The attack left at least 89 Nigerien soldiers dead and possibly more as some were buried immediately after the attack in Chinagodrar. 77 IS-GS militants were also killed.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Chinagodrar&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Nigerien government declared three <a href="/wiki/National_day_of_mourning" title="National day of mourning">days of national mourning</a> after the battle.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nigerien_President" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerien President">Nigerien President</a> <a href="/wiki/Mahamadou_Issoufou" title="Mahamadou Issoufou">Mahamadou Issoufou</a> <a href="/wiki/Dismissal_(employment)" title="Dismissal (employment)">fired</a> General Ahmed Mohamed, the chief of the <a href="/wiki/Nigerien_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerien Army">Nigerien Army</a>, and replaced him with Major General <a href="/wiki/Salifou_Modi" title="Salifou Modi">Salifou Modi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several hundred inhabitants of Chinagodrar, mainly 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