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Niger

Niger.  By Valentin RAKOVSKY (AFP)

Jihadists disrupt crucial wood supplies in Niger capital

May 7, 2025 | Niger

Trucks, camel caravans and donkeys returning at nightfall laden with enormous cargoes of wood are becoming a rare sight ...

Apr 16, 2025 | Niger

Jihadists are assumed to be behind the recent kidnapping of a Swiss woman in Niger, the latest in a series of abductions ...

Apr 16, 2025 | Niger

Attacks in Nigeria's troubled north-central state of Plateau have killed more than more than 100 people in just under tw ...

Apr 16, 2025 | Niger

Solar panels like the ones on the roof of Elhadj Abdou's house are an increasingly common sight in Niger's capital, whic ...

Apr 14, 2025 | Niger

A Swiss woman has been kidnapped in the same Niger city that saw the abduction of an Austrian three months ago, official ...

Apr 2, 2025 | Niger

Niger's military government says it has released some 50 people detained after last year's coup including former minis ...

Apr 2, 2025 | Niger

Niger's junta said Tuesday it had freed around 50 people, including ministers from the government it toppled in July 202 ...

Mar 26, 2025 | Niger

Niger's ruling junta said there would be a five-year transition to constitutional rule starting from Wednesday, in an an ...

Mar 14, 2025 | Niger

Niger's military rulers have expelled three Chinese oil executives from the country and closed down a Chinese-run hotel, ...

Mar 10, 2025 | Niger

Petrol station attendant Amadou Sani gesticulated to approaching motorists in Niamey to keep going because the garage ha ...

Feb 20, 2025 | Niger

Niger's junta will stay in power for at least half a decade more if it accepts a plan presented on Thursday, which does ...

Feb 19, 2025 | Niger

Less than a third of Niger's vast territory has internet access, so the west African country is betting on satellite bro ...

Feb 13, 2025 | Niger

The High Court in London commenced a hearing to address allegations that the oil company Shell has polluted vast areas o ...

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Started: 01-05-2025 | Ends: 01-06-2025