Niger
15 people dead, 23,000 others affected by rainy-season floods in Niger
The worst-hit regions are Zinder in the south of the arid Sahel state, followed by Maradi and Diffa, also in the south.
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Seven police officers, 4 soldiers die in Niger attacks
Niger's interior ministry said "unidentified armed bandits" attacked the Petelkole police station near Burkina Faso in western Niger and a military base in Djado in the country's desert-covered far north.
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Niger pushes for peace with jihadist talks
Thousands of civilians have died, more than 2.5 million have fled their homes and 10.5 million are facing crisis levels of hunger, according to the United Nations.
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21 people killed in attack on bus in Niger, say sources
Suspected jihadists attacked a bus and a truck in Niger, killing 21 people in the southwestern Tillaberi region near Burkina Faso, local and security sources said.
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Five Niger soldiers killed in IED explosion
Three soldiers were wounded in the blast, which occurred on Friday when an army patrol vehicle ran over the IED, the ministry said in a statement carried on national television.
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UN judge orders 8 Rwandans tried for genocide to be sent to Tanzania
Judge Joseph Chiondo Masanche ordered for "all necessary measures" to be taken "immediately" to send the eight to Tanzania until they could be transferred somewhere else, according to a copy of his order obtained by AFP on Tuesday.
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Niger makes record cocaine seizure, arrests mayor
Police following the trail of a quantity of drugs smuggled in from Mali found 214.6 kilos of cocaine in a municipal car from Fachi, whose mayor was also aboard, OCRTIS spokeswoman Nana Aichatou Ousmane Bako said.
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UN orders Niger to suspend expulsion of eight Rwandans
The Rwandans' lawyers had argued that Niger had committed to host the group, after they answered before the international criminal tribunal for their roles in the genocide.
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As a region prone to terrorist activity, Niger opens first military school
"We have set in place with this school the final link in the chain for training our military," President Mohamed Bazoum said at the opening ceremony.
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Armed groups killing, recruiting more children in Niger: Amnesty
Amnesty blamed the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), for causing the 'devastating impact on children' in the region.
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First COVID Delta cases emerge in poverty-stricken Niger
The six cases were in the capital Niamey, the ministry's press office said, adding that efforts to track and trace contacts of the patients were underway.
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Niger declares national mourning after 37 killed
Gunmen on motorbikes launched an attack on villagers Monday in Darey-Daye as they were tending their fields. Four women and 13 children were among the 37 people killed.
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Jihadist violence claims 420 lives in Niger this year: watchdog
The estimate comes after an 11-day trip in which members of the Human Rights Watch travelled to Niger to meet witnesses, traditional chiefs, local authorities, foreign diplomats and Nigerien rights activists.
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49 killed in Niger armed attack
Around 100 heavily armed 'terrorists' riding motorcycles attacked the Tchoma Bangou village, striking around 3 pm on Sunday, Niger's Ministry of Defence said in a statement read on public television that did not identify who it suspected was behind the latest deadly incident.
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Niger reopens land borders as COVID 'under control'
Niger has been relatively unaffected by the epidemic, reporting 5,457 cases including 193 deaths, according to official figures.
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Niger army killed 24 'suspected terrorists': government
The suspects had been planning an attack on the market town of Banibangou but the army was alerted and, after an exchange of fire, 26 people were arrested on April 28, the defence ministry said in a statement.
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Chad junta refuses to negotiate with rebels
"The time is not for mediation, nor for negotiation with outlaws," Azem Bermandoa Agouna, spokesman of the military council that took power last week following the shock death of veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno.
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Niger president to be sworn in after 'attempted coup'
The inauguration will mark the first-ever transition between elected presidents in Niger's six decades of independence from France -- a historic moment that has been widely praised.
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'Attempted coup' in Niger ahead of presidential inauguration
Residents earlier reported hearing gunfire in the middle of the night near the presidency in the capital Niamey.
