Suicide bombers have struck a military camp and a French-run uranium mine in two towns in north-west Niger.
A bomb at a military barracks in Agadez killed at least 19 people, including 18 soldiers, Internal Affairs Minister Abdou Labo told the BBC.
Four attackers also died there and a fifth is holding four army officers hostage, he said. The attack on the mine, in the town of Arlit, injured 50.
The jihadist Mujao group said it had carried out the attacks.
Mujao spokesman Abu Walid Sahraoui said the operations targeted "the enemies of Islam in Niger", according to AFP.
"We attacked France, and Niger because of its co-operation with France, in the war against Sharia," he added, thought to be a reference to French and Nigerien involvement in combating Islamists in neighbouring Mali.
Both attacks were carried out as people prepared for the early morning prayer just after 05:00 local time (04:00 GMT), BBC West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy reports.
Niger's Defence Minister Mahamadou Karidjo said insurgents drove a car bomb into the military base at Agadez. Around two dozen people were wounded in the blast, including civilians.
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