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Niger: UNHCR Urges Greater Protection for Sahel Communities After Deadly Attack
UN News, 1 April 2021
Ten days after armed groups carried out a deadly attack on three villages near the western Niger town of Tillia, UN humanitarians have repeated their call for greater protection of… Read more »
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Mali: Death Toll From Raids On Niger-Mali Border Area Rises to Over 150
RFI, 22 March 2021
Over one hundred civilians have been killed in attacks on villages in Niger's border area with Mali in the past week, according to local security sources. The rising instability is… Read more »
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Niger: UN Chief Reaffirms Solidarity With Niger As Second Deadly Attack Rocks Country
UN News, 24 March 2021
The United Nations Secretary-General has reaffirmed the Organization's support and solidarity with Niger, as the second deadly attacks against civilians in less than a week rocked… Read more »
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Niger: U.S. Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Niger
State Department, 24 March 2021
The United States strongly condemns the horrific terrorist attacks in Niger, the most recent of which tragically killed 137 civilians on March 21 in the Tahoua region. We are… Read more »
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Niger: Suspected Jihadist Attack Kills 'At Least 137'
DW, 22 March 2021
Gunmen, believed to be jihadists, have raided villages near Niger's border with Mali shooting "at everything that moved," local officials have said. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Condemns Tillaberi Massacre in Niger Republic
This Day, 18 March 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the horrific attack on a convoy returning from a weekly market in Niger Republic's Tillaberi region in which many citizens were killed,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Condemns Killing of 53 Traders in Niger Republic
Daily Trust, 18 March 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday condemned the attack on a convoy returning from a weekly market in Niger Republic's Tillaberi region in which many citizens were killed. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari - Political Stability of Niger Major Concern to Nigeria
This Day, 8 March 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed that the political stability of neighbouring Niger Republic is of paramount concern to Nigeria. Read more »
Many Villagers Killed in Attack Near Niger-Mali Border
Local security sources say that over 100 civilians were killed in gun attacks in Niger's border area with Mali, in the three villages of Intazayene, Bakorat and Wistane on March 21, 2021. The villages are located in the arid Tahoua region in western Niger, abutting the Tillaberi region, notorious for militia attacks. Rising instability is a key challenge for new leader at the helm, President Mohamed Bazoum, whose election victory was confirmed on March 21, 2021.
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There have been no claims of responsibility for the massacre of at least 58 people which eyewitnesses allege was committed by militants belonging to the Islamic State in the ... Read more »
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The current approach by France and it spartners has not stemmed Sahel's expanidng security crisis,Internatiopnal Crisis Group says in an extensive report. "Meanwhile, popular ... Read more »
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Since it started nine years ago, the Sahel security crisis has claimed tens of thousands of lives, forcibly displaced millions, and triggered record levels of food shortages. ... Read more »
