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Niger: Unable to get protection from the government, Niger villagers are now forming militia groups
By Boureima Hama Abdoulaye casts a questioning eye over the passengers of a car that has pulled up at the entrance to his village in western Niger. Slung over the shoulder of his long and slender frame are a bow and a quiver of arrows -- the only weapon he has against...
Security: As Russia’s influence in Africa grows, EU wants to impose sanctions on Russian mercenaries Wagner
Sahel: Jihadists strike in Niger’s Tillaberi region
Inside West Africa’s drug trade
Sahel: Niger opens first military school in Niamey
Sahel: UN and NATO mulling over support to Sahelian armies in combating militant groups
Sahel: The country of Niger faces Covid and cholera at once
First Covid Delta cases emerge in Niger The first cases of Delta variant of Covid-19 have been recorded in the impoverished Sahel state of Niger, which until now has been relatively spared in the pandemic, the authorities said Friday. Genetic sequencing found six...
Sahel: 16 soldiers killed in jihadist-hit southeast Niger
An attack by hundreds of Boko Haram fighters on a town in Niger's jihadist-plagued southeast killed 16 soldiers and wounded nine others, Defence Minister Alkassoum Indatou told AFP on Wednesday. In the assault late on Tuesday "the positions of our defence and security...
A destabilized region: Awful week in the Sahel
Niger: Torrentials rains and raging floods kills dozens in Maradi and Agadez
Niger: Several regions experiencing severe flooding, dozens killed
Sahel: Another attack in SW Niger at border with Burkina Faso
Niger: Civilians, soldiers and armed attackers killed in Tillaberi clash
Sahel: Despite announcing troop drawdown plan, France insists it will not leave the Sahel
Sahel: France announces arrest of ISGS’ Abou Dardar
Niger: Bandits ambush and kill policemen in Agadez
Sahel: France to announce withdrawal of troops from Sahel as region slides into uncontrollable violence
Benin: Growing risk of Jihad contagion from the Sahel in West Africa’s Benin
Niger: Two Chinese workers kidnapped in Mbanga
Sahel: No break during the Eid holiday: Five villagers killed in Niger’s Tillaberi region
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