DAKAR, Senegal — An attack by armed men in western Niger killed 12 soldiers, the army said Saturday, in a border area that has long been a hotbed of extremist violence. The “surprise offensive” was ...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Five Indian citizens were kidnapped in western Niger during an attack last week by armed men that also killed a dozen soldiers, according to two Nigerian security sources and a ...

(Reuters) - Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday. The ...

Suspected attackers from the "Islamic State" militia in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) massacred worshippers at a mosque in southwestern Niger, the country's Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Deaths in ...

Niger, July 20: In a heinous terror attack, two Indians were killed while one was abducted in the Dosso region of Niger, as noted by the Indian Embassy in Niger. The ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Niger's ruling junta suspended the BBC for three months over the broadcaster's coverage of an extremist attack that allegedly killed dozens of Nigerien soldiers and civilians, ...

At least 150,000 refugees seeking protection from Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria live in Niger's Diffa region. The dead included three civilians and a soldier and four attackers also died during the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. special forces unit ambushed by Islamic militants in Niger didn’t call for help until an hour into their first contact with the enemy, the top U.S. general says, conceding ...

(Recasts with details and quotes) By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY, June 17 (Reuters) - Tuareg rebels in Niger carried out a hit-and-run attack on the airport of the Saharan town of Agadez on Sunday, ...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - French special forces and Niger troops shot dead on Friday the last two Islamists involved in a twin attack on a military base and a French uranium mine in Niger claimed by the ...