Burkina/Niger: “A hundred terrorists neutralized” in a joint military operation
Taanli 3, that is the name of the operation, took place from April 2 to 25 at the border between the two countries. This is […]
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Nigeria: More than a hundred dead in the explosion of an illegal refinery
An explosion at a clandestine refinery has killed at least 110 people in the Niger Delta oil region of southern Nigeria, already devastated by decades […]
Niger’s Minister of Communication jailed for alleged embezzlement
Niger’s Minister of Communication, Mahamadou Zada, was jailed on Tuesday for his alleged involvement in a case of embezzlement of three billion CFA francs when […]
Malian army and Nigerian Air Forces announced elimination of several terrorists
The Malian army announced Saturday evening that it had eliminated “a dozen terrorists,” including a French-Tunisian jihadist “cadre,” during two air strikes carried out Thursday […]
Niger: Seven police officers killed in an attack on a border post with Burkina Faso
Seven policemen were killed and sixteen wounded in a new attack by suspected jihadists on the Petelkole border post between Niger and Burkina Faso, local […]
Attempted coup in Niger: Former Interior Minister jailed
Niger’s former Interior Minister (2010-2011), Ousmane Cissé, was jailed on Friday for his alleged involvement in two coup attempts, including the one in March 2021, […]
Niger repatriates a thousand of its “beggars” from Senegal
More than a thousand Nigerian migrants who were begging in the streets of Dakar were repatriated last week to their country, the government announced, as […]
Niger: 21 dead in bus & truck attack near Burkina
At least twenty-one people, including two policemen, were killed Wednesday in an attack by suspected jihadists on a bus and a truck in the troubled […]
A dozen civilians killed in an attack on a gold mine in Burkina
At least 11 people were killed Saturday in an attack on an artisanal gold mine in northern Burkina Faso, two days after a similar attack […]
Nigeria: Nineteen members of the security forces shot dead
Gunmen killed 13 soldiers, five policemen and a local militiaman in a pitched battle in northwestern Nigeria, where gangs of “bandits” have been terrorizing the […]