Tag Archives: NIAMEY
Boko Haram attacks force 12,000 pupils from Niger schools
Some 150 schools with more than 12,000 pupils have been forced to close due to the deadly attacks in Niger’s southeast Diffa region, the United Nations said Friday. Most of the affected schools are near Lake Chad and on the
15 civilians killed in Boko Haram attack in Niger
Fifteen civilians were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants on a border village in southeastern Niger, state television reported Friday, the latest deadly raid by the militant group. The attack followed two months of calm in the area
45 churches torched in Niger capital in cartoon demos: police
Forty-five churches were torched over the weekend in Niger’s capital during deadly protests over the publication of a Prophet Mohammad cartoon by the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, police said on Monday. The protests, which left five people dead and
At least two churches burned in Niger as Charlie Hebdo protests rage
At least two churches were torched in Niger’s capital Saturday as protests raged on against the publication of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon by the French weekly Charlie Hebdo, an AFP correspondent on the scene reported. Around 100 helmeted riot police
Niger’s embassy in Libya ‘surrounded’ by heavily armed militia
Niger said Tuesday its embassy in Libya was surrounded by heavily armed militias, possibly in response to unfounded rumors that Nigerien forces had entered the Libyan embassy in Niamey. The militias encircled the mission in the capital Tripoli in the
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