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News Niger » Tillaberi Region: Inmates escape from one of Niger's most fortified prisons where jihadis are held

News channel or source: https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/niger-tillaberi-koutoukale-prison-jihadi-escape-u20475
Published on: Thursday 11 July 2024

NIAMEY, Niger — Nigerien authorities enforced a curfew Friday as they searched for inmates who escaped from one of the country's most fortified prisons in the Tillaberi region after it was breached ...

News Niger » Tillaberi Region: Islamic extremist attack in western Niger kills nearly a dozen soldiers amidst worsening security landscape

News channel or source: https://www.foxnews.com/world/islamic-extremist-attack-western-niger-kills-nearly-dozen-soldiers-amidst-worsening-security-landscape
Published on: Friday 29 September 2023

A violent assault, masterminded by Islamic extremists in western Niger, resulted in the tragic loss of at least twelve soldiers, with seven more sustaining injuries, as verified by the nation's ...

News Niger » Tillaberi Region: Nearly 1,300 killed in Niger's Tillabéri as jihadist attacks surge

News channel or source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/africa/Nearly-1-300-killed-in-Niger-s-Tillab-ri-as-jihadist-attacks-surge-2025630
Published on: Thursday 12 March 2026

In less than a decade, the Tillabéri region in western Niger has become the bloody frontline of a conflict between Niger and its neighbours against jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic ...

News Niger » Tillaberi Region: Escalating violence uproots farmers and herders in Niger

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/escalating-violence-uproots-farmers-and-herders-niger
Published on: Wednesday 12 December 2018

TILLABERI, Niger - When militants attacked his village in west Niger, Al-Bashir Gamo Gamo’s peaceful life spent tending to his livestock was over. “They kidnapped five people from my village who were ...