source: Tele Sahel; Xinhua; RFI; L'Evenement Niger; France24; Actu (Niger); ANP (Niger); Twitter
actor1: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
actor2: Military Forces of Niger (2021-) Gendarmerie
location: Boni
notes: On 31 July 2021, presumed JNIM militants ambushed a Nigerien military convoy between Boni and Torodi (Torodi, Tillaberi). Eighteen soldiers (mainly gendarmes) and one civilian were killed and six soldiers gone missing. The militants seized vehicles and weapons, and destroyed other vehicles. JNIM claimed responsibility in an unofficial video.