Tag: Niger
Boko Haram attacks prison in Niger, four killed
NIAMEY, (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa…
Boko Haram: 160, 000 Nigerians take refuge in Niger, Chad, Cameroon
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has disclosed that about 160,000 Nigerians have fled the north eastern parts of the…
Malnutrition brings a terrible disease to children in Niger
Zinder (Niger) (AFP) – Mourdja’s nose has been eaten away, like one lip and part of her upper gum, leaving…
UPDATE: 38 civilians killed in Boko Haram attack in Niger
Niamey (AFP) – Boko Haram militants killed 38 people in an attack in southeast Niger which occurred overnight Wednesday, with…
Boko Haram kills 30 in attacks on Niger villages
NIAMEY, (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants attacked two villages in southern Niger’s Diffa region overnight, killing at least 30 civilians,…
Boko Haram: Buhari demands more action from Chad, Niger
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in N’djamena, Chad, urged member-countries of the Lake Chad Commission to redouble their efforts to…
Boko Haram: Buhari to visit Chad, Niger Wednesday
President Muhammadu Buhari will visit Chad and Niger on Wednesday as part of his initial steps to find solution to…
NEMA registers 11,449 Nigerian returnees from Niger
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said it had registered 11, 449 Nigerian returnees from Niger Republic in Yobe. This…
Borno sets up camps for Nigerian returnees from Niger
The Borno Government said it had established a special camp to cater for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and returnees…
Niger orders islands evacuated after Boko Haram attacks
NIAMEY (Reuters) – A regional governor in southern Niger on Thursday ordered the evacuation of the West African nation’s inhabited…
Niger President extols cordial relationship with Nigeria
The President of Niger Republic, Alhaji Muhammadou Isoufou, has extolled the current cordial relations between Nigeria and Niger Republic. He…
Boko Haram: Chad, Niger hope for fresh start with Buhari
Surveying the charred ruins of the northern Nigerian town of Malam Fatori, which Chadian troops and his own soldiers from…
Meningitis epidemic kills 45 in Niger
A meningitis epidemic that broke out in January in Niger has so far killed 45 people, the health minister told…
Boko Haram can’t take a town in Niger – Minister
Boko Haram are no longer in a position to seize a single town in Niger, a Niger government minister said…
Chad, Niger troops recapture Nigerian town
A military offensive by troops from Chad and Niger has retaken the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak and left some…