Sources: Al Jazeera
Niger's junta suspends at least 10 French media organizations, including Agence France-Presse and France 24, citing concerns over public order. 2026-05-8
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reports more than 350 deaths from cholera in Nigeria this year, which is more than twice as many than in the same period last year. 2024-10-7
At least 29 soldiers are killed during an ambush by Islamic extremists in the Tahoua Region, Niger, involving suicide car bombs and bombings. Several attackers are killed in a counter-offensive. 2023-10-2
France formally ends its military intervention in Mali after withdrawing its last remaining troops from a military base in Gao. The base was handed over to Malian Armed Forces before the French forces crossed into neighbouring Niger. 2022-08-15
Citizens in Niger head to the polls to elect their President in their first democratic power transfer since the country's independence from France. The election comes amidst a growing Islamist insurgency as Mohamed Bazoum is the favourite to succeed incumbent Mahamadou Issoufou, who is stepping down after serving two five-year terms. 2020-12-27
The United States Africa Command sends a team to Niger to investigate an October 4 ambush which killed four U.S. soldiers. 2017-10-19
Boko Haram launch a raid on a prison in the town of Diffa in Niger. Authorities repel the attack. 2015-02-9
Two suicide bombers strike in the northern Niger towns of Agadez and Arlit with twenty-one dead and ten more people killed in a gun battle between soldiers and Islamist fighters. 2013-05-23
Gunmen kidnap five aid workers and their driver in southeastern Niger. 2012-10-15
At least 229 people die in a cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone, the worst outbreak in the country for 15 years. 2012-08-30