The Latest Breaking News from Niger

Nigeria's floods are the worst in a decade. Here's how people try to cope with the devastation

Flooding is not unusual in Nigeria’s massive, population-dense cities. But this year’s floods are reportedly the country’s worst in a decade. They’ve killed more than 600 people, displaced 1.4 million residents and destroyed 89,348 houses and 70,566 hectares of farmland and crops.

The Conversation · Oct 20, 2022

Gunmen abduct at least 10 hospital workers in Nigeria's Niger state

Gunmen have abducted at least 10 healthcare workers in Nigeria's Niger state and killed an unspecified number after bandits invaded a general hospital early on Tuesday, a hospital and military source said.

Reuters · Oct 18, 2022

Chibok kidnappings: why it's important to listen to the survivors of Boko Haram terrorism

In 2009 a once quiet local Salafi group called Boko Haram became increasingly violent in north-east Nigeria and border communities of Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Its quest to forbid western education in the heavily Islamic region has led to the kidnapping of many school children, the slaughter of an estimated…

The Conversation · Oct 17, 2022

Child marriage comes with a heavy cost for young girls in Africa – but there's one clear way out

650 million women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday. That’s one of the startling figures contained in a 2021 UNICEF report about child marriage. Africa’s sub-Saharan region is home to nine of the ten countries with the highest rates of child marriage in the world.

The Conversation · Sep 27, 2022

Liverpool handed Mohamed Salah boost as Egypt make decision ahead of friendly

The winger featured in last week's win over Niger but has been left out of the squad for Tuesday's friendly against Liberia

Liverpool Echo · Sep 26, 2022

'Jihadist flag likely to fly' over Malian town of Ménaka, Niger's president warns

Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum granted an interview to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman and RFI's Christophe Boisbouvier on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Bazoum expressed concern about the worsening security situation in Mali and the jihadist threat hanging over the Malian town of Ménaka in the…

France 24 · Sep 23, 2022

Live updates: U.N. General Assembly

Niger’s president is warning that climate change is helping to fuel Islamic extremism in Africa’s Sahel region

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

World Bank Calls on G5 Sahel Countries to Diversify Economies, Scale Up Reforms

The World Bank on Monday urged five West African countries to diversify their economies to adapt to climate change, warning they are extremely vulnerable to extreme weather patterns. A report said Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger -- all in the arid Sahel region -- are among the world’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 21, 2022

Nigeria, Morocco to Implement Gas Pipeline Project

The gas crisis in Europe has worsened as a result of Russia’s war on Ukraine, turning the attention to the project to transport Nigeria's gas to Europe via Morocco. Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari agreed to the gas pipeline project in December 2016 and launched feasibility…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 20, 2022

Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed by Niger military

Seven suspected "terrorists" have been reported killed and some 30 alleged accomplices of the Boko Haram jihadist group arrested over the past two weeks in south-eastern Niger.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 16, 2022