source: Actu (Niger); Aniamey; Journal le Gardien; RFI
actor1: Military Forces of Niger (2011-2021)
actor2: Islamic State (West Africa) - Greater Sahara Faction
location: Tongo Tongo
notes: On 1 February 2020, Nigerien and French forces conducted joint operations resulting in killing (or capturing) twenty-three militants believed to be ISGS militants in the areas of In-Ates, Tongo Tongo, and Tiloa, and seized and destroyed ten motorbikes, other equipment, and IEDs. Fatalities split between events as (8) in In-Ates, (8) Tongo Tongo, and (7) Tiloa reported on 1 February 2020. [Nigerien authorities claimed that hundred and twenty militants in total were killed or captured without providing any details regarding when or where the remaining 97 militants were killed or captured, neither was this reported by Operation Barkhane]