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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 » Security: 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 » Security: 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 » Security: 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 » Security: Niger’s junta marks three years amid rising violence and lost freedoms
Three years after President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown, Niger is recording strong oil-driven growth but facing rising jihadist violence and a severe restriction of political freedoms, former ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Security: 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 » Security: Sahel Terror Groups Increasingly Threaten Urban Areas
The al-Qaida-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terror group on June 18 attacked Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, Niger’s capital ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Security: 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 » Security: Terror Attacks Rise In Niger As Junta Focuses On Regime Security
Villagers gathered for evening prayers at the mosque in Manda, Niger, on June 20. Soon after, the killers arrived. Terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State group (IS) slaughtered 70 worshippers at ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Security: Niger’s army neutralizes Islamist group in border region
Niamey, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) New military operations in Niger killed 13 Islamists and captured 30 others in the Tillaberi region last week, military sources reported in this capital on Friday. The ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Security: Niger: Rights in free fall a year after coup
(Nairobi, July 25, 2024) – The military authorities in Niger have cracked down on the opposition, media, and peaceful dissent since taking power in a coup one year ago, Amnesty International, Human ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Security: ‘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 ...