Niger Military Raise Threat Level, Blame France for Attack on National Guard

"Military leadership in Niger increased the threat level after they said that actions of French
troops resulted in an attack on Nigerien national guard, adding that a French warplane entered the African nation’s airspace...."....at 6.30 am [5:30 am GMT], the positions of the Niger National Guard... were attacked …The actions of the French forces were condemned for unilaterally releasing detained terrorists," Amadou Adramane, the Nigerien military’s spokesman, said." Sputnik