Sources: Al Jazeera
ECOWAS states that it risks disintegrating from military and economic insecurity if Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso continue their exit to form their own confederation, following sanctions and severed diplomatic ties after each state's military coup. 2024-07-7
Six Nigerien soldiers are killed in an attack on the Niger–Benin Oil Pipeline in Dosso region, Niger. 2024-06-13
The United Nations suspends humanitarian aid to Niger in response to the coup. 2023-07-28
Seven members of the electoral commission are killed and three others are wounded in a land mine explosion in Tillabéri, Niger. The attack is carried out on the same day as the second round of the presidential election. 2021-02-21
A run-off election begins in Niger with current President Mahamadou Issoufou highly favored to win as his main opponent Hama Amadou, who was earlier jailed, was flown out of the country for medical reasons. 2016-03-20
Niger's president Mahamadou Issoufou announces that an attempted coup, involving the use of aerial firepower to overthrow the government has been foiled and those behind it have been arrested. Among those taken into custody were the former military chief of staff, General Souleymane Salou, and Lt. Colonel Dan Haoua, head of the air force base in the capital Niamey. 2015-12-17
A cholera outbreak kills at least 16 people in three camps for displaced people fleeing Boko Haram in Nigeria. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20150916-cholera-kills-16-boko-haram-displaced-camps-ne-nigeria-msf?ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=editorial&aef_campaign_ref=partage_aef&aef_campaign_date=2015-09-16&dlvrit=66745 (France 24)]date=August 2019 2015-09-16
Cheaper new meningitis vaccinations reduce cases in Africa, with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger recording the lowest number of cases. 2011-06-9
Doctors set up cholera clinics in Port-au-Prince as the 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak reaches the capital. 2010-11-10
The African Union (AU) suspends Niger following this week's coup d'état. 2010-02-20