News: Niger

We have started to collect the most important news related to Niger in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Niger – overview

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• June 2nd 2013 – October 15th 2012
• October 11th 2012 – January 11th 2012
• December 14th 2011 – September 6th 2011
• September 6th 2011 – January 11th 2011
• January 10th 2011 – September 17th 2010
• September 16th 2010 – May 17th 2010
• May 6th 2010 – December 24th 2009
• December 24th 2009 – September 15th 2009
• September 15th 2009 – July 2nd 2009
• June 30th 2009 – March 16th 2009
• February 19th 2009 – October 27th 2008
• October 22nd 2008 – June 27th 2008
• June 27th 2008 – January 19th 2008
• January 15th 2008 – July 25th 2007
• July 12th 2007 – May 15th 2007
• May 9th 2007 – January 12th 2007
• January 10th 2007 – August 25th 2006
• August 22nd 2006 – February 27th 2006
• February 15th 2006 – November 15th 2005

Niger: news

'Rebel reporter' in Niger court

Tuesday, January 15th 2008, 15:43
related countries: France

A French reporter accused of illegally filming Niger rebels appears in court, where he faces the death penalty.
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Niger reporter killed by landmine

Wednesday, January 9th 2008, 9:53
related places: Niamey

The director of a private radio station in Niger is killed in a rare landmine explosion in the capital, Niamey.
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Attack mars oil talks in Nigeria

Wednesday, December 5th 2007, 9:35
related countries: Nigeria

Gunmen in the Niger Delta carry out a deadly attack on the eve of peace talks with Nigeria's oil militants.
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Niger raids leaves 'ghost town'

Monday, November 19th 2007, 17:23

The whole population of a north Niger desert town has fled due to insecurity, the deputy mayor says.
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Delta militants deny Bakassi raid

Thursday, November 15th 2007, 15:20
related countries: Cameroon, Nigeria

Niger Delta militants blame the Nigerian army for killing 21 Cameroonian soldiers in the Bakassi peninsula on Tuesday.
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Militant urges Delta conference

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 11:24

Freed oil militant Mujahid Dokubo-Asari calls for peoples of the Niger Delta to decide the oil-rich region's future.
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Nigeria navy in deadly oil clash

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 15:51
related countries: Nigeria

At least two people are killed in a clash between the Nigerian navy and suspected militants in the Niger Delta.
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MSF forced out of northern Niger

Wednesday, October 24th 2007, 18:39

Staff from aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres suspend all activities in northern Niger because of insecurity.
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Nigeria charges foreign detainees

Wednesday, October 3rd 2007, 19:08
related countries: Germany, Nigeria, United States

Nigeria charges two German journalists, an American and a Nigerian after detaining them in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
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Nigeria arrests foreign 'spies'

Friday, September 28th 2007, 16:56
related countries: Nigeria, United States

A US aid worker and her two German companions are arrested in Nigeria's Niger Delta for "spying".
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Oil man dies in Niger Delta raid

Thursday, September 27th 2007, 17:44

A foreign oil worker dies in a gun attack on a compound in the Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt.
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Tuareg rebels seize Niger troops

Friday, September 7th 2007, 15:08
related places: Agadez

At least six soldiers are captured by Tuareg rebels in Niger's uranium-rich northern Agadez region.
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Niger rebels 'kill 17 soldiers'

Wednesday, August 22nd 2007, 14:32

Tuareg-led rebels in Niger say they have killed 17 government soldiers in the north of the country.
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Nigerian gunmen seize MP's mother

Tuesday, August 14th 2007, 15:03
related countries: Nigeria

Unknown gunmen kidnap the mother of a local state legislator in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, authorities say.
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Niger rebels target power station

Friday, August 10th 2007, 16:10
related places: Agadez

Niger rebels carry out a series of attacks around Agadez, knocking out a strategic power station and fuel depot.
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Boy, 11, kidnapped in Niger Delta

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 10:41
related countries: Nigeria

Gunmen seize the 11-year-old son of a state legislator from his home in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta.
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Nigerian gunmen attack oil boats

Friday, August 3rd 2007, 11:43
related countries: Nigeria

At least three people are killed when Nigerian gunmen attack two oil boats in the troubled Niger Delta, police say.
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Professor shot in Nigerian Delta

Wednesday, July 25th 2007, 16:37
related countries: Nigeria, United States
related places: Port Harcourt

Gunmen shoot a US-based British professor and a security guard in Nigeria's oil city, Port Harcourt.
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