NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger President Mamadou Tandja faced calls on Monday to negotiate a peace with Tuareg rebels whose increasingly bold attacks risk frightening off investors and development partners in the mineral-rich desert north.
Nomadic fighters from a Tuareg insurgent group, the Niger Movement for Justice (MNJ), opened fire on the airport at Agadez late on Sunday in a hit-and-run raid that shocked residents of the Saharan trading town, which is also popular with tourists.
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