My name is Els Woodke. I am a Dutch citizen and I lived for many years with my husband in Niger.
On October 14 of...
A group of 67 migrants, all foreign nationals, was located and rescued on July 5, 40 km from Séguédine. They too have been abandoned...
In the late morning of Wednesday, a blunder was committed by Nigerien soldiers south of the Toumour commune in the Diffa region.
A military patrol...
A Nigerien army post west of Tassara in the Tahoua region was targeted by a terrorist attack on Wednesday July 5.
The attackers who came...
A new incursion of alleged Boko Haram fighters in the Ngalewa village, located at 6 km northeast of Kablewa, in the Diffa region, caused...
Since last April, six hundred migrants have been rescued in the desert, but another 52 have died, according to the International Organization for Migration...
A group of migrants abandoned by smugglers was found on Sunday June 25, in the Nigerian desert.
According to medical sources contacted by Sahelien.com, 23...
A heavy rain of more than 130 mm fell on the city of Niamey on Tuesday evening. There are 9 dead and several missing.
Many...
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 Nigerien army patrol opened fire on a vehicle carrying migrants who left Agadez for Libya via Dirkou, Sahelien.com learned, yesterday from a local...












