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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 » Social: Water, Hope, and New Beginnings: Women Rebuilding Lives in Niger's Tillabéri Region
The World Bank financed, Community-Based Sahel Recovery and Stabilization Project (PCRSS), aims to improve the lives of conflict-affected displaced populations and host communities across Burkina Faso ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: ‘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 » Social: 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 » Social: Niger: Press Freedom in Jeopardy as Journalists Working on Conflict Intimidated and Arrested
Press freedom in Niger is in jeopardy as transitional authorities intimidate and arbitrarily arrest journalists reporting on the country’s conflict and security-related issues, said Amnesty ...
News Niger » Tillaberi Region » Social: 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 ...