Nigeria: Hundreds of people feared dead as boat capsizes in Niger River

Jun 13, 2023

The boat was said to be carrying up to 300 people overturned after hitting a tree trunk, according to the local chief.

Some 20 civilians killed in several militant attacks in Niger

May 10, 2020

Niamey, [Niger], May 11 (Sputnik/ANI): Around 20 civilians have been killed in a series of militant attacks in the southwest of Niger, national media...

Attack kills 19 civilians in West Niger

Jul 30, 2021

Niamey [Niger], July 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Nineteen civilians were killed on Wednesday in an armed attack in western Niger near the border with Mali, the...

At least 19 people killed in attacks on several villages in Western Niger

Jun 26, 2021

Niamey [Niger], June 26 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 19 people have been killed and two more injured as a result of gunmen's attacks on several...

9 killed in gunmen attack in central Nigeria

Dec 09, 2021

Niger [Nigeria], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Nine people were killed and about 10 others injured when a group of gunmen attacked a village in Nigeria's...

US "incredibly dismayed" by reports of Niger military junta's plan to prosecute Bazoum

Aug 14, 2023

The US State Department Principal Deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel on Monday (local time) that the US is "incredibly dismayed" by the reports that Niger...