Agence France-Presse on MSN

Military drone strike in Niger killed 17 civilians in January: HRW

A drone strike apparently carried out by Niger's military killed 17 civilians, among them children, in western Niger last ...
Homeland Security Today

Motorcycle Terrorists Kill 100 in Niger Villages

“Terrorists” have killed around 100 people in two villages in western Niger, the latest in a string of civilian massacres that have rocked the jihadist-plagued Tillaberi region, a local mayor has said ...
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Village head arrested for harbouring bandits in Niger

The village head of Guiwa community, Garba Mohammed, has been arrested along with 13 others for allegedly supporting and shielding armed bandits operating in the Mashegu area of Niger. The arrest ...
UNHCR

Refugees and locals live side-by-side in Niger’s 'opportunity villages'

Smoke billows from the small blue shed in the middle of Garin Kaka, a village in south central Niger. Inside the sweltering building, a dozen women are busy roasting peanuts in handmade ovens. Among ...
The Nation Newspaper

Terrorists kill village head in Niger

Suspected bandits have killed Malam Usman Sarki, the village head of Zazzaga in Munya Local Government of Niger State. A community leader, who pleaded anonymity, told reporters in Munya that the ...
The Africa Report

‘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 ...