ActuNiger reported on 23 October that Nigerien forces had conducted operations in the Dioundou border sector of Dosso, using drones and helicopters earlier in the week before ground deployments. The report identifies Lakurawa fighters as the target and describes operations extending into midweek.
Separately, it reported an air-and-ground operation the preceding weekend against an armed column near Tchimbakawane, in the Abala area of Tillabéri. Unnamed security sources put the provisional militant death toll at about 100 and said clearance operations continued. That figure is a security-source estimate disclosed in the new report, not a confirmed count of deaths occurring on 23 October.