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France and Italy begin the evacuation of their citizens and other European nationals from Niger.
2023-08-1

ECOWAS threatens to "take all measures necessary", including the use of force, to reinstate the government of Niger if ousted president Mohamed Bazoum is not released and reinstated within a week.
2023-07-30

West African regional bloc ECOWAS announces a no-fly zone over Niger.
2023-07-30

Supporters of the military coup against President Mohamed Bazoum set fire to the headquarters of the ruling Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism in Niamey, Niger.
2023-07-27

Soldiers from Niger's presidential guard detain President Mohamed Bazoum inside the Presidential Palace in Niamey. Entrances to government ministries are also blocked.
2023-07-26

Chad declares an emergency over food insecurity in the country. The United Nations estimates that more than a third of the population are in need of urgent humanitarian aid.
2022-06-3

Unidentified gunmen kidnap 10 humanitarian aid workers in southwestern Niger, their NGO reports. Gunmen in the area have previously stolen several vehicles from the International Committee of the Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières.
2020-06-25

A Saudi-led coalition spokesman announces they have exchanged prisoners with their Houthi opponents and "welcome a pause in the combat on the border." Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said the lull was important to deliver aid and medical supplies to people in northern regions of Yemen. Yesterday, a Houthi delegation was in Saudi Arabia for talks to end the war. Al-Jubeir and his Yemeni counterpart noted formal negotiations to end the fighting can only take place under the auspices of the United Nations.
2016-03-9

Syrian civil war: The United Nations says 4 million people could require humanitarian aid by 2013.
2012-11-9

7 United Nations peacekeepers from Niger are killed in an ambush in Ivory Coast.
2012-06-8