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‘Ferocious’ Niger battle leaves dozens of soldiers, militants dead

At least 12 soldiers and “dozens of terrorists” were killed in a battle in western Niger, the Defence Ministry said, in the conflict-wracked “three borders” zone.

Dozens killed by armed men in SW 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.

Niger votes in presidential runoff to usher in first democratic transition

Nigeriens went to the polls on Sunday in the second round of a presidential election that is expected to usher in the first democratic transition of power since the West African nation gained independence from France in 1960.

DR Congo declares end to world's biggest measles outbreak

The measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was declared over by the country’s Minister of Health Eteni Longondo.

At least 11 civilians killed in Takfiri terrorist attacks in Niger: Officials

At least 11 civilians had been killed in two separate attacks in Niger, which is struggling to contain a wave of Takfiri terrorists’ violence, officials said Saturday.

Oil pollution puts 1over 6,000 infants at risk in Niger Delta

The Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission, has said that oil and gas pollution caused by the activities of multinational oil companies puts over 16,000 infants living in Niger Delta region at risk annually.

Militant attack on military camp in Niger kills 18

Eighteen soldiers were killed when "terrorists" struck an army camp in western Niger, the government said Tuesday, adding the US and France had provided air support to help repel the assault.

Militants ambush soldiers in Niger, 17 killed

Gunmen have ambushed Nigerien soldiers near the Malian border, killing at least 17 soldiers, a government spokesman says.

Iran offers condolences to Niger over deadly explosion

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi expressed sympathy with Nigerien people and government over a deadly tanker explosion in the African country.

Zarif: Iran, Niger have great potentials for expansion of ties

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Tanker truck fuel blast kills 58 in Niger

Fifty-eight people died in Niger's capital Niamey after an overturned tanker truck exploded as crowds collected spilt fuel, authorities and witnesses said Monday.

Boko Haram kills 10 people in eastern Niger

Ten people were killed along with two bombers in a coordinated attack late Tuesday by Boko Haram extremists on a town in eastern Niger, the local mayor said.

Niger's army ‘kills nearly 290 Boko Haram terrorists’

Niger’s army says it has killed nearly 290 militants from the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group during an offensive near the country’s southeast border with neighboring Nigeria.

Bomb attacks kill 9 in Niger

At least nine people have been killed in several bombing attacks in southeastern Niger, near the border with Nigeria.

Two refugees die, 80 saved in Niger desert

Two African migrants died of thirst and 80 were saved after they were stranded in the Niger desert while trying to reach Europe, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday, in the second Sahara rescue drama in less than a month.