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50 killed by Boko Haram on island bordering Chad & Cameroon
The attack on the remote village took place before Christmas when Jihadis approached the fishing village disguised as traders.
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Jihadists kill 71 soldiers in mass attack - Niger military
The violence has hit Mali and Burkina Faso the hardest, rendering large swathes of those countries ungovernable, but it has also spilled into Niger, which shares long and porous borders with its two neighbours.
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UN says 2.4 million people need urgent food aid across Burkina, Mali and Niger
UN's World Food Programme (WFP) Herve Verhoosel said some 20 million people were living in conflict-affected areas across the region, nit by violent clashes involving a range of armed groups.
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Niger's opposition leader returns to jail with eye on presidential bid - lawyer
Hama Amadou was released from jail in 2016 to fly to France for medical treatment.
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West Africa wealth inequalities reaching extreme levels: report
A report by Oxfam and Development Finance International shows that the wealthiest 1% of West Africans own more than everyone else in the region combined.
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Estonia, Niger, Vietnam among 5 elected to UN Security Council
The five states will replace Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Poland and Peru from January for a two-year term.
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Toll from Niger tanker truck blast rises to 60: authorities
The tally is likely to rise further as the prognosis is poor for several people who sustained severe burns, security official Hamani Adamou Abdoul-Aziz told state television.
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Tanker truck explosion kills 55 in Niger: ministry
Witnesses said people were trying to collect petrol leaking from the truck, which had overturned on railway tracks.
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Boko Haram fighters kill 23 Chadian soldiers - security sources
The raid occurred in the town of Dangdala, near the banks of Lake Chad, the sources said.
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Niger launches campaign to protect 6 million children from meningitis
Children aged between one and seven years will be immunised over the week-long nationwide programme, Health Minister Idi Illiassou said.
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10 troops killed in Niger border clash with 'bandits'
Niger is one of several countries in the impoverished Sahel region to be hit by jihadist violence.
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Several dozen killed near Mali’s border with Niger
The attack occurred in an area which has been badly hit by jihadist violence that has claimed several hundred lives this year, most of them civilians of Touareg or Peul ethnicity.
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Niger shuts Airtel telecom offices over unpaid taxes
Airtel has been present in Niger since 2001 and holds a 51% market share, according to the national telecoms regulator.
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Niger launches mass polio vaccination drive
The mass vaccination comes 12 years after the World Health Organization took Niger off the list of countries where polio is endemic.
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Italian priest kidnapped overnight near Niger's southern border
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the kidnapping, which was confirmed on Tuesday by the Nigerien and Italian governments.
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Stable Libya key to ending migration to Europe - Niger
Niger is a country of transit for migrants seeking to reach Europe by boat from Libya and Issoufou is an ally of the West in its fight against Islamist insurgents.
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Suicide bombers kill 10 in Niger mosque attack
Boko Haram sometimes use female suicide bombers in their campaigns against security forces and civilians, in part because they are attracting less suspicion.
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Boko Haram suspects go on public trial in Niger
The Islamist insurgency has spread beyond its roots in Nigeria, killing 20,000 and uprooting nearly 3 million in the Lake Chad region.
