Gunmen in Nigeria’s state Katsina killed at least a dozen worshippers in a mosque including the chief imam after they opened fire and subsequently kidnapped several others, late Saturday, said a report by Reuters citing local residents.

Nigeria: Gunmen open fire in mosque, killing at least 12 people, abduct several others

In a small town in Niger, children are celebrating going back to school, for the past five years. This region was haunted by terrorist violence, which forced many families to flee for their safety. Now, new centres are helping displaced children to resume schooling. Niger, a country in West Africa, is one of the poorest countries in the world. Amnesty international says that armed groups in the country have committed human rights abuses, including war crimes.

World of Africa: Kids in Niger resume school

Keeping a focus on the floods in the western African state of Niger, floods have claimed nearly 200 lives and affected more than a quarter of a million people in the country.

WION Climate Tracker | Flooding in Niger raises concerns, nearly 200 dead

The Niger Defence Ministry announced Sunday that 12 soldiers and "dozens of terrorists" were killed in a battle in western Niger, in the conflict-torn "three borders" zone.

In Niger a 'ferocious' battle with 'terrorists' leaves 12 soldiers and dozens of militants dead

Collapse of an artisanal gold mine in Niger took lives of at least 18 people on Sunday, as per a local mayor who spoke about the tragedy on Monday (November 8). The gold mine collapse took place in Maradi region in southern Niger, near the border with Nigeria.

Niger: Collapse of artisanal gold mine kills at least 18

Unidentified gunmen killed 11 soldiers defending a village in a remote part of southwest Niger where Islamist militants operate, the defence ministry said on Friday.

Gunmen kill 11 soldiers in southwest Niger

At least 69 people, including a local mayor, have been killed in an attack in Niger's volatile "tri-border" zone with Burkina Faso and Mali, the interior ministry said on Thursday.

At least 69 dead in west Niger jihadist attack 

The first cases of Delta variant of Covid-19 have been recorded in the impoverished Sahel state of Niger, which until now has been relatively spared in the pandemic, the authorities said Friday.

First Delta case emerges in poverty-stricken Niger

An attack by suspected jihadists on a village in western Niger's troubled "three-border" region has killed 17 people, a local elected official reported Saturday.

Villagers killed in western Niger attack: Local official

In a series of attacks near the Niger border, an armed group in northern Burkina Faso murdered 30 civilians, army personnel, and pro-government militias, according to the defence ministry.

30 killed in attacks in north Burkina Faso

Thirteen Boko Haram fighters have been killed in clashes in southeast Niger while four civilians have been executed by the jihadists, a mixed African military force said Thursday.

Thirteen jihadists, four civilians killed in Niger, reveals military

The government of Burkina Faso and the United Nations said the attack, which killed more than 130 people earlier this month, was carried out primarily by minors aged 12 to 14.

Children aged 12 to 14 carried out the attack that killed over 130 in Burkina Faso

A gang of cattle thieves killed 66 people in raids on seven villages in northwest Nigeria's Kebbi state, police told AFP Saturday. Dozens of assailants on motorcycles attacked seven neighbouring villages in Danko-Wasagu district on Thursday, Kebbi state police spokesman Nafiu Abubakar said.

Gunmen kill 66 people in northwest Nigeria

The death toll from the worst militant attack in Burkina Faso in recent years has risen to 132, the government said on Saturday, after armed assailants laid siege overnight to a village in the jihadist-plagued northeast.

At least 132 civilians killed in Burkina Faso's worst attack in years

Sixteen Niger soldiers have been killed and another is missing after an ambush against a patrol in the Tahoua region near the Mali border, local officials said Sunday.

16 soldiers killed, one missing in Niger ambush: official

Mohamed Bazoum sworn-in after the attempted coup, marking the first democratic peaceful transfer of power in the country. Dozens of foreign dignitaries attended the ceremony.

Niger gets new president: Mohamed Bazoum sworn-in after attempted coup

Niger's new President Mohamed Bazoum lashed out on Friday at jihadists who have carried out devastating attacks on his country, accusing them of "war crimes" as he took the helm of the troubled nation.

New Niger president lashes out at jihadist 'war crimes'

There has been an attempted coup in the West African country Niger. The failed coup unfolded just ahead of President Mohamed Bazoum's inauguration.

Niger: Attempted coup ahead of President Bazoum's inauguration

A military unit tried to seize the presidential palace in Niger's capital Niamey overnight in an attempted coup but order has been restored, the government said on Wednesday, days before the country's first democratic handover of power.

Niger thwarts coup attempt days before presidential transition

Scores of people have died in the deadliest suspected jihadist massacre ever to hit Niger, the government said on Monday, underscoring the huge security challenge facing new President Mohamed Bazoum.

Gunmen massacre 137 villagers in Niger

Armed men in southwestern Niger killed at least 58 people when they intercepted a convoy returning from a weekly market and attacked a nearby village, the government said.

Armed men attack passenger convoy and village in Niger, killing 58

The West African country regularly suffers attacks by Islamist militants and had stepped up security to protect the poll

Seven poll workers killed by landmine as Niger votes in presidential runoff

Seven people on board a military aircraft died in a crash Sunday near Nigeria's capital Abuja, the country's airforce spokesman said. The cause of the accident is still unknown but officials said the pilot had reported an engine failure.

Seven Nigerian military personnel die in plane crash

Niger voted Sunday in a presidential run-off between two political heavyweights that is set to bring about the first democratic transition of power in the coup-prone country's history.

Niger political veterans face off in presidential vote

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