ISIS terrorists abduct Chinese nationals in Niger Republic

ISIS terrorists abduct Chinese nationals in Niger Republic

Two Chinese nationals have been abducted during a coordinated attack in the city of Agadez, Niger Republic by suspected ISIS Sahel militants. Two Nigerien security personnel from the Garde Nationale du Niger, GNN, were killed in the assault. Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counter terrorism and insurgency expert, made this known in a post on his X account on Monday. Makama said the victims were identified as employees of China National Petrol…

Today, in Niger, it was announced that two Chinese nationals, engineers working in an oil field in eastern Niger in the “Akadine” region, which is supervised by a Chinese company that transports oil from Niger to Benin and from there to global markets, were kidnapped. According to our analyst, Mohameden Ayeb, an expert in Sahel and Sahara affairs, the kidnapping led to the killing of members of the Niger Guard, known as the GNN Force. ISIS had w…