Sources: Al Jazeera
The government of the Ivory Coast declares an outbreak of cholera after confirming seven recent deaths from the disease, and calls on the population to remain vigilant. 2025-06-5
Nigerien military junta president Abdourahamane Tchiani, Burkinabè President Ibrahim Traoré, and Malian President Assimi Goïta sign a reciprocal defence pact and mutually reject ECOWAS, accusing it of being influenced by foreign interests. 2024-07-6
Sudan's health ministry reports over 100 deaths from cholera and dengue fever outbreaks since August, with war exacerbating healthcare challenges and leading to 70% of hospitals in war-affected areas becoming non-operational. 2023-10-28
Seventeen soldiers are killed and 20 others are injured in an ambush of a military vehicle in Koutougou, Tillabéri Region, Niger. 2023-08-16
The United Nations suspends humanitarian aid to Niger in response to the coup. 2023-07-28
Supporters of the military coup against President Mohamed Bazoum set fire to the headquarters of the ruling Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism in Niamey, Niger. 2023-07-27
Seven children are killed and five more are injured during a Nigerian Air Force airstrike in the Maradi region of Niger. The army reported that the airstrike was the result of "a mistake on the border". 2022-02-20
Former Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalgham says that the Libyan government was responsible for the bombing of UTA Flight 772 in 1989 over Niger. 2011-07-18
The Dominican Republic officially registers its first cholera death since the launch of the 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak. 2011-01-23
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