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Niger’s western Tillabéri region has emerged as the deadliest area in the central Sahel for civilians due to an uptick in attacks by terror groups such as the ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Culture: Inmates escape from one of Niger's most fortified prisons where jihadis are held
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 » Culture: Terror Rivalry Fuels Chaos In Niger
Recent terrorist attacks by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin and Islamic State Sahel Province in western Niger reveal the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the country’s western ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Culture: Landmine Kills 7 Soldiers in Niger
Seven soldiers were killed Sunday after their vehicle ran over a landmine in the Niger's western Tillaberi region, said the National Guard of Niger (GNN). Jihadist fighters regularly launch attacks in ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Culture: Nearly 1,300 killed in Niger’s Tillabéri as jihadist attacks surge
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 » Culture: Escalating violence uproots farmers and herders in Niger
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 ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Culture: Niger coup plot exposes deepening fractures in Tiani’s army
Niger’s 29 August mutiny has cast a spotlight on Tillabéri, the south-western region bordering Mali and Burkina Faso that has become the country’s main theatre of jihadist violence. Many of the ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Culture: Mobile clinics save lives among Niger's intensifying humanitarian crisis
Niger is still suffering from the aftermath of the 2023 coup, which exacerbated its humanitarian crisis and fueled further instability. Since September 2023, more than 130,000 people have been ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Culture: Gunmen kill 31 villagers in western Niger, student groups and a resident say
NIAMEY, Niger — Gunmen attacked a village in western Niger over the weekend, leaving at least 31 people dead, student organizations and a resident said Tuesday. The attack took place Sunday in the ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Culture: Terrorists kill 22 after baptism in Niger
CWN Editor's Note: Gunmen shot and killed 22 people who had been attending a Baptism in a village in western Niger on September 19, the BBC reports. Details of the attack are unclear. The terrorists ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Culture: TILLABÉRI REGION
Report finds multiple failures leading to Niger attack that killed Puyallup soldier WASHINGTON (AP) Multiple failures are to blame for the Niger ambush that killed four U.S. service members, including ...