JUST IN: Gunmen on motorcycles kill 6 French tourists and 2 Nigeriens in a wildlife park in Niger, a senior official says.
French President Emmanuel Macron's office confirmed that French nationals had been killed in Niger. It said Macron spoke on the phone with Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou, but provided no further details.The French government warns people against traveling to large parts of Niger where militant groups including Boko Haram and an affiliate of the Islamic State operate.
The Koure Giraffe Reserve, around 40 miles southeast of the capital Niamey, is a popular attraction in Niger, a huge country that borders seven states in an unstable region including Libya, Mali, Chad, Algeria and Nigeria., an attack that increased scrutiny of U.S. counter-terrorism operations there.
France, a former colonial power in the region, also launched a coalition of West African and European allies in June to fight Islamist militants in the Sahel region that includes Niger. It has deployed thousands of troops in the arid region south of the Sahara desert since 2013. But militant violence has been on the rise.
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