Niger

Photos: Conflict in Niger leaves children in limbo
Forty percent of Nigerien children are not registered with government after birth due to the cost and time of paperwork.
Published On 31 Jan 2023
Burkina Faso says 28 soldiers, civilians killed in rebel attacks
Rebel fighters conducted separate attacks on Sunday and Monday, including 15 men killed after a minibus was stopped.
Published On 31 Jan 2023
The good, bad, and the ugly: West Africa’s big issues in 2022
A recap of top issues in West Africa in 2022, including heated political campaigns and armed groups gaining ground.
Published On 22 Dec 2022
German man freed more than four years after kidnapping in Niger
Armed men on motorcycles abducted Jorg Lange, a 63-year-old aid worker and engineer, from the town of Inates in 2018.
Published On 11 Dec 2022

President Emmanuel Macron announces end to Operation Barkhane after nine years of mixed results.

As attacks by armed groups rise, new data shows that open dialogue — and dance — work in fighting hate.

France is stationing more forces in Niger and Chad to fight ‘terrorist groups’ amid 2,400 troops exiting from Mali.

The revival talks come as the European Union seeks to wean itself off Russian gas following the invasion of Ukraine.

Number of civilians killed in central Sahel in attacks by ISIL-affiliated group has almost doubled since 2020: Report.

Gunmen were travelling on motorcycles near Niger’s border with Burkina Faso, France’s military says.

Oumeya Ould Albakaye, ISGS’s chief of two provinces in Mali and Burkina Faso was captured this week.

Niger’s leader criticised G7 decision to stop foreign fossil fuel investments after years exploiting natural resources.

The landlocked country has now replaced Mali, birthplace of the conflict in the Sahel, as the epicentre of the crisis.

New report finds evidence that some seized ammunition in Niger came from West African state stockpiles.

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