Sources: Al Jazeera
Togolese Foreign Minister Robert Dussey announces an agreement with the Nigerien military junta for the country's transition to civilian rule, ready for presentation to the ECOWAS with the aim of lifting Niger's suspension from the body. 2023-12-14
President of France Emmanuel Macron says that French ambassador to Niger Sylvain Itté and other diplomats are being held hostage at the French embassy in Niamey, Niger. 2023-09-15
Flooding in Niger kills at least 38 people and leaves more than 92,000 people displaced. 2016-09-7
South Sudan declares a cholera outbreak after 18 people die and 171 are infected. 2015-06-23
Boko Haram militants attack Chad for the first time after 30 fighters crossed Lake Chad in four motorboats and attacked the village of Ngouboua. Chad recently joined Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon in a military coalition against Boko Haram. 2015-02-13
Aid workers and the United Nations raise concerns about rising food prices and increased cholera in Haiti, where Hurricane Sandy has killed at least 52 people. 2012-10-30
Gunmen kidnap five aid workers and their driver in southeastern Niger. 2012-10-15
According to a study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians, evidence "strongly suggests" that United Nations peacekeepers brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people. 2011-06-30
France rejects a demand by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb to leave Afghanistan in return for the freeing of French and African hostages kidnapped in Niger. 2010-11-19
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