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Friday, March 29, 2024

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On October 4, Nigerien and American soldiers were ambushed near the village of Tongo Tongo, located 80 km from Ouallam (Tillabéry region). Nearly a month later, this attack that killed eight people, including four Americans, has not been claimed....
A group of 67 migrants, all foreign nationals, was located and rescued on July 5, 40 km from Séguédine. They too have been abandoned by their smugglers without provisions for food and water. One of them died and the others...
In Niger, the local flooding of the river began in mid-August and manifested itself in rapidly rising water levels in Niamey. According to the Niger Basin Authority (ABN), the climbs have accelerated in recent days to reach the yellow alert...
A new incursion of alleged Boko Haram fighters in the Ngalewa village, located at 6 km northeast of Kablewa, in the Diffa region, caused several deaths yesterday night. During the attack, the attackers abducted women and children. "They (the attackers,...
By Omar H. Saley The Nigerien government announced it would close all schools from December 17, 2020 to January 1, 2021 to fight the rising coronavirus cases in the country, a government spokesperson announced after the cabinet meeting on Friday,...
In Dirkou, two groups of migrants were found abandoned on Tuesday morning by smugglers fleeing the controls of the security forces of Niger. There are a total of 92 people. There are 77 Nigerians, 9 Ghanaians, 3 Burkinabe, 2 Senegalese...
Officially closed due to the coronavirus disease, internal movements are reduced, and several hundred migrants are housed in transit centers and temporary sites to quarantine the new returned migrants from Algeria. They are more than 2 000 migrants in the...
An attack in the night from yesterday to today, in Abala Filingué (Tillaberi region), ​​has caused several deaths in the ranks of the Nigerien army. « The fighting lasted until late at night, the population is terrified », said a local official...
The Ayorou gendarmerie station, north of the Tillaberi region, was attacked on Thursday May 11, around 5:15 pm (local time). After some exchanges of fire, the assailants had the upper hand over the gendarmes on duty. Thus « five vehicles...
A Nigerien army patrol opened fire on a vehicle carrying migrants who left Agadez for Libya via Dirkou, Sahelien.com learned, yesterday from a local source. One migrant was killed and three others injured. According to the same source, the driver...