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News Niger » Agadez Region » Security: An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in Niger's Agadez city, authorities say

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/austrian-woman-kidnapped-nigers-agadez-204720903.html
Published on: Sunday 12 January 2025

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger's Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian ...

News Niger » Agadez Region » Security: Niger has cut military ties with the US: Why this could be bad for the Sahel's security

News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2024-03-niger-military-bad-sahel.html
Published on: Wednesday 20 March 2024

Niger—a landlocked country of 25 million people in one of the most unstable parts of the world—recently announced it was suspending military cooperation with the United States. For over a decade, ...

News Niger » Agadez Region » Security: Several soldiers killed in Niger desert attack on gold convoy

News channel or source: https://www.trtworld.com/article/12797514
Published on: Monday 10 April 2023

Attacks on gold miners have been frequent in the Agadez region, where migrant, arms and drug trafficking are rife through Niger's vast swathes of desert bordering Libya and Algeria.

News Niger » Agadez Region » Security: How the U.S. military cultivated — and then lost — a key African ally

News channel or source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/05/niger-agadez-us-military-timeline/
Published on: Monday 05 August 2024

The U.S. military on Monday withdrew from its base near Agadez, Niger, marking the end of a security relationship with this West African nation that has lasted more than two decades. At its peak, the ...

News Niger » Agadez Region » Security: People smugglers enriched in Niger’s Agadez after junta dumps EU migration deal

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/396362/people-smugglers-enriched-in-nigers-agadez-after-junta-dumps-eu-migration-deal/
Published on: Tuesday 28 October 2025

One morning in late 2023, in an informal settlement in Niger's Agadez city, 49-year-old Bilal – a “passeur”, or smuggler who arranges migrants’ journeys to Europe – pocketed CFA200,000 ($350) from a ...

News Niger » Agadez Region » Security: Niger roundup: US oil investment push, security concerns in Bilma, soaring meat prices grip Niger

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/niger-roundup-us-oil-investment-push-security-concerns-in-bilma-soaring-meat-prices-grip-niger/ar-AA2auQcm
Published on: Wednesday 19 August 2026

Niger is seeking greater cooperation with US investors in its petroleum sector, according to the 19 August media briefing, as the country looks to attract new capital and partnerships into an industry ...

News Niger » Agadez Region » Security: Niger repeal of anti-migration law applauded as one less ‘colonial fetter’

News channel or source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/11/28/niger-repeal-of-anti-migration-law-applauded-as-one-less-colonial-fetter
Published on: Tuesday 28 November 2023

At the weekend, Niger’s military government abrogated the controversial Law 36-2015, which criminalised transportation of migrants north from Agadez to Libya and Algeria for onward transition to ...

News Niger » Agadez Region » Security: A Swiss woman has been kidnapped in Niger’s Agadez, authorities say

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/swiss-woman-kidnapped-niger-agadez-182751766.html
Published on: Monday 14 April 2025

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger's city of Agadez, according to local ...

News Niger » Agadez Region » Security: An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in Niger’s Agadez city, authorities say

News channel or source: https://www.aol.com/news/austrian-woman-kidnapped-niger-agadez-004110091.html
Published on: Sunday 12 January 2025

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian foreign ministry said on Sunday, the first time a European citizen is known to have been ...