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United States Africa Command General Michael Langley meets with top Libyan National Army officials, including Khalifa Haftar, in Benghazi, Libya, to help mediate an end to the political crisis.
2024-08-27

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

At least 23 Nigerien soldiers are killed, 17 are injured, and 34 others are missing after an ambush in Teguey, Tillabéri Region, Niger, by unknown jihadists. The Nigerien junta states that 30 jihadists were also killed.
2024-03-22

The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) says that a U.S. airstrike has killed around 60 al-Shabaab militants near Harardhere in central Somalia.
2018-10-16

ISIL releases purported footage of the October 2017 attack on American special forces in Tongo Tongo, Niger.
2018-03-5

Gunmen coming from Mali kill 13 gendarmes and injure five on a base in western Niger.
2017-10-21

Burkina Faso and Niger agree to exchange 18 towns in order to resolve a long-running border dispute with Burkina Faso receiving 14 and Niger 4.
2015-05-8

Forces from Niger and Chad launch a ground and air offensive against Boko Haram Islamist militants in northeastern Nigeria.
2015-03-8

Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar claims responsibility for two suicide bombing attacks that killed 30 people in Niger on May 23.
2013-05-25

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