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.

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Niger: news

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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Gunmen seize Nigerian chief's son

Thursday, July 12th 2007, 13:38
related countries: Nigeria

Militants in Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta seize the three-year-old son of a local chief, police say.
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Chinese worker abducted in Niger

Saturday, July 7th 2007, 16:20
related countries: China

Tuareg-led rebels in northern Niger kidnap a Chinese national in "warning" to mining companies.
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Nigerian gunmen 'demand ransom'

Saturday, July 7th 2007, 14:37
related countries: Nigeria, United Kingdom

Gunmen holding a three-year-old British girl hostage in the Niger Delta make a ransom demand, her mother says.
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Nigerian leader in hostage appeal

Friday, July 6th 2007, 21:45
related countries: Nigeria, United Kingdom

The Nigerian president appeals for the immediate release of a three-year-old British girl kidnapped in the Niger Delta.
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Nigeria gunmen kidnap toddler

Thursday, July 5th 2007, 23:42
related countries: Nigeria

The three-year-old daughter of a British worker is seized by Nigerian gunmen in the Niger Delta area.
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Oil workers snatched in Nigeria

Wednesday, July 4th 2007, 11:51
related countries: Nigeria

Unknown attackers kidnap five foreign workers from an oil rig in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta.
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Aid for captured Niger soldiers

Tuesday, June 26th 2007, 10:48

Aid workers travel to a remote Niger rebel base, where 72 soldiers are being held, to deliver medicines.
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Fight for Nigeria oil to continue

Friday, June 15th 2007, 7:52
related countries: Nigeria

A freed Nigerian oil militant vows to continue his struggle to keep more oil wealth in the Niger Delta.
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Army 'kills' Nigerian militants

Thursday, June 14th 2007, 8:07
related countries: Nigeria

The Nigerian army kills at least eight militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, sources say.
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Hostages released in Niger Delta

Tuesday, June 12th 2007, 0:47
related countries: Nigeria

Militants in the oil-rich south of Nigeria free 12 foreigners, whom they had been holding hostage.
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Call to free Nigeria oil militant

Tuesday, June 5th 2007, 12:31
related countries: Nigeria
related places: Asari

Governors of Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta states ask the new president to free oil militant Mujahid Dokubo-Asari.
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