00:00Residents of Niger's capital Niamey on Saturday reported hearing gunfire overnight near a military base at the city's international airport.
00:10Videos posted online showed armoured vehicles deployed to reinforce the area.
00:16The origin of the gunfire is still unknown and no official communication has yet been issued.
00:22The base has been attacked by jihadists twice this year, first in January by the Islamic State in the Sahel
00:30and then again in late June by their rivals, the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, or JNIM,
00:38the Sahel branch of al-Qaeda.
00:41Niger's leader, General Abdulrahman Tiani, said the objective was to destroy the army's air capabilities.
00:49Both attacks were repelled by the military.
00:52The two militant groups are also active in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali.
