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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 » Government: Niger military government reshuffles army command weeks after deadly mutiny
Niger’s military government has named a new chief of the armed forces as it reshuffled its top military command following a failed mutiny late last month. A decree read on state television on Friday ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Government: An ambush in a flashpoint region killed at least 14 Nigerien soldiers, authorities say
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An ambush by armed men in a flashpoint region in military-run Niger last week killed at least 14 soldiers, the country's defense ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Government: At least 20 soldiers, one civilian killed in western Niger
At least 20 soldiers and a civilian were killed in an attack by armed groups in western Niger, the Ministry of Defence has said. The ministry announced three days of national mourning starting on ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Government: Violence Against Civilians Surges In Niger’s Tillabéri Region
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 » Government: Islamic State group escalates attacks on Niger civilians, rights group says
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DAKAR (Reuters) -Islamic State-affiliated militants have stepped up attacks in western Niger, killing more than 127 people in five ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Government: Al Qaeda-Linked Militants Kill at Least 10 Soldiers in Niger, Sources Say
Al Qaeda-Linked Militants Kill at Least 10 Soldiers in Niger, Sources Say (Corrects paragraph 7 to show millions were displaced in the region, not only in Niger) (Reuters) -Militants from the al Qaeda ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Government: ‘We rule here by divine ordinance’: Inside the villages controlled by Niger’s emboldened jihadists
On 2 September, after eight weeks of negotiations arranged by a former aid worker and a local intermediary, The Africa Report met a small cell of Jamaʿat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) fighters ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Government: Attempted coup in Niger very likely expands division between army and government, increasing medium to long term coup risk
On 28–29 August, members of the Forces Armées Nigériennes (FAN) attempted a coup in Niamey, capital of Niger, attacking key locations, including the presidential palace, Niger’s national television ...