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The African Union's Peace and Security Council votes to suspends Niger's membership with immediate effect.
2023-08-22

At least ten soldiers are killed and thirteen others are injured in an ambush by jihadists in Tillabéri Region, Niger. Sixteen others remain missing.
2023-02-10

Jihadists kill six soldiers in Niger, resulting in the ensuing deaths of twenty-two of the attackers.
2021-12-24

At a summit in Niamey, Niger, regional bloc ECOWAS gives the Malian military rulers a deadline of September 15 to appoint a new civilian President and Prime Minister.
2020-09-7

African Union troops enter the Somali port town of Kismayo following the withdrawal of Al-Shabaab Islamist militants during the Battle of Kismayo.
2012-10-1

The African Union deploys a 5,000-strong force in the hope of catching or killing warlord Joseph Kony.
2012-03-24

An ECOWAS regional court in West Africa orders authorities in Niger to release deposed President Mamadou Tandja who was detained in a coup in February.
2010-11-8

Thousands of people take part in a second day of celebrations in the capital.
2010-02-20

The Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy that took power in a military coup in Niger yesterday lifts a curfew and reopens the country's borders.
2010-02-19