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Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger write to the United Nations Security Council to denounce Ukrainian support for rebel groups in the Sahel region of West Africa.
2024-08-21

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

Niger's military junta accuses France of wanting to intervene by force to reinstate ousted president Mohamed Bazoum, a day after ECOWAS gave an ultimatum for Bazoum's reinstatement. The French foreign ministry denies the accusation.
2023-07-31

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

Gunmen attack a military outpost in the village of Anzourou, Tillabéri Region, Niger, killing fifteen soldiers.
2021-11-5

At least 20 people are killed when a group of gunmen storm villages in Niger. The militants also loot shops, steal cattle and order villagers to flee.
2020-05-9

ISIL claims responsibility for the attack in Chinagodrar, Tillabéri Region, Niger, that killed at least 89 Nigerien soldiers.
2020-01-14

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

Gunmen kidnap five aid workers and their driver in southeastern Niger.
2012-10-15

Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Niger launch a joint command centre in Tamanrasset to counter al-Qaeda, according to the Algerian defence ministry.
2010-04-21