Tongo Tongo ambush
The Tongo Tongo ambush or the Niger ambush occurred on 4 October 2017 , when armed militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara ( ISGS ) attacked Nigerien and US soldiers outside the village of Tongo Tongo , Niger while they were returning to base after a stop in the village . 
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