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An ambush by a "group of criminals" killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger's ...

THE 613 men had travelled from their native Niger to neighbouring Libya, where many of them planned to reach Europe over the ...

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Over 80% of its land area lies in the Sahara Desert. The capital Niamey is located in Niger's southwest corner along the namesake Niger River. As a whole, Niger’s infrastructure is challenged ...

Chad and Niger, ousted U.S. forces last year and took over key bases that the U.S. military had used to train and conduct ...

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Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso.

After leaving ECOWAS, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso created their own alliance known as the Alliance of Sahel States, or AES, named after the vast southern fringe of the Sahara Desert region.