Sources: AP
Hundreds of Boko Haram militants attack a military post in Diffa, Niger, killing 16 soldiers and wounding nine others. In the ensuing gun battle, around 50 Islamist insurgents were killed. 2021-08-25
Gunfire erupts in the streets of Niamey, Niger, during an attempted coup d'état by soldiers. The coup was foiled and the perpetrators were arrested. 2021-03-31
Suspected ISIL-linked militants kill 22 people in a series of raids on three villages in Tahoua Region, Niger. 2021-03-21
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen test positive for COVID-19 and will cancel their trip to Niamey, Niger to attend the 47th OIC meeting of Foreign Ministers. 2020-11-25
Six French aid workers, their driver, and a local guide are shot dead by gunmen in an attack on a group of aid workers in Kouré, Tillabéri, Niger. 2020-08-9
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
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 14 civilians in the southeast Diffa Region of Niger near the Nigerian border. The Nigerien government recently approved a law prolonging a 15-day state of emergency for the Diffa region by three months in a bid to boost security. 2015-10-28
A warplane bombs a funeral ceremony in Niger killing 30 civilians. 2015-02-18
Violence surrounding various protests against "Charlie Hebdo" leaves five protesters dead as well as some churches set ablaze in Niger. 2015-01-17
7 United Nations peacekeepers from Niger are killed in an ambush in Ivory Coast. 2012-06-8