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The United States agrees to withdraw American troops from Niger.
2024-04-19

The ruling Nigerien military government orders the Niger Armed Forces to go on maximum alert, citing an increased threat of attack.
2023-08-26

ECOWAS threatens to "take all measures necessary", including the use of force, to reinstate the government of Niger if ousted president Mohamed Bazoum is not released and reinstated within a week.
2023-07-30

Twenty-six children are killed and 13 others injured by a fire at a school in Maradi, Niger.
2021-11-8

The Islamic State's West Africa Province claims responsibility for last month's attack in Kouré, Niger, which resulted in the death of six French aid workers and two Nigerian citizens.
2020-09-17

At least 38 people were killed in a suspected Boko Haram attack on two villages in Niger.
2015-06-18

Boko Haram attacks two towns in Niger but is repulsed by the Niger Army with assistance from the Chad Air Force. [http:--www.stltoday.com-news-world-boko-haram-attacks-town-inside-niger-after-cameroon-article_d77e8109-715a-5757-9a45-82221d8d17d1.html (AP via "St Louis Post Dispatch")] [http:--www.ngrguardiannews.com-news-national-news-196944-nigerien-chadian-forces-repel-boko-haram-attack ("Nigerian Guardian")]date=August 2019
2015-02-6

Boko Haram captures the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak, killing 50 and forcing more than 3,000 to flee across the border into Niger.
2014-11-24

7 United Nations peacekeepers from Niger are killed in an ambush in Ivory Coast.
2012-06-8

In Niger, a military junta named the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy carries out a coup d'état, suspending the constitution and detaining President Mamadou Tandja.
2010-02-18