Gunfire heard at Niger capital's airport

Gunfire has been heard coming from the airdrome successful Niger's capital, Niamey, according to residents.

It began astir 06:00 section clip (05:00 GMT) and the Reuters quality agency, which is besides reporting that determination person been explosions, said it lasted for an hour.

The gunfire was coming from the entranceway to the airport, 2 witnesses told the AFP quality agency.

Niger has been warring a militant Islamist insurgency for a decennary and successful January suspected jihadists launched an onslaught connected the aforesaid airport. Like its neighbours, Burkina Faso and Mali, Niger is tally by a subject junta that came to powerfulness successful portion due to the fact that of the nonaccomplishment to woody with the violence.

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