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Hundreds of Congolese police officers join the M23 movement in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the rebel group consolidates its control of the city. Around 1,800 police officers have surrendered their weapons to the new authorities, according to the Congo River Alliance .
NIAMEY (Reuters) -Supporters of a coup in Niger ransacked and set fire to the headquarters of the ruling party in the capital Niamey on Thursday after the army command declared its backing for the ...
Despite Niger’s status as one of the poorest countries in the world, it is a major global supplier of natural uranium. Pro-junta demonstrators set the French Embassy in Niamey on fire on Sunday ...
In the attack, nineteen civilians on the bus were killed, and two policemen manning the border post were killed in the fire as well. [4] Two others were killed whenever the truck behind the bus caught fire as well. [2] Five people were injured, including a policemen, and the wounded were sent to Niamey for treatment. Seven people also managed ...
On 2 October 2023, over 60 Nigerien soldiers were killed in the village of Tabatol, Niger.The soldiers had been reinforcing a Nigerien outpost that had been attacked by the Islamic State – Sahil Province (ISGS) earlier in the day, and the reinforcements were attacked a second time by over 100 militants from the Islamic State's Sahel Province, who used IEDs and "kamikaze vehicles".
Mutinous soldiers who staged a coup in Niger declared their leader the new head of state on Friday, hours after the general asked for national and international support despite rising concerns ...
13 June – Six soldiers are killed in an attack on the Niger–Benin Oil Pipeline between the villages of Salkam and Tibiri, in Dosso region. [6]14 June – The State Security Court retracts the immunity of deposed president Mohamed Bazoum, opening him up to be prosecuted for high treason and undermining national security.
Niger's new military ruler lashed out at neighboring countries and the international community in a nationally televised speech Wednesday night, and he called on the population to be ready to ...