Should Immediately Release Moussa Tiangari and Others Arbitrarily Detained Moussa Tiangari, Niamey, Niger File Photo: Amnesty International 18 months ago, Niger’s military junta arrested and detained Moussa In its opinion released on June 23, the UN working group called on Nigerien authorities to release Tiangari He was arrested at his home in Niger’s capital, Niamey, on December 3, 2024. The UN working group has spoken clearly: now Niger’s military authorities should act.

Equatorial Guinea accused job-seeking youths, especially from Cameroon and Nigeria, of harassment, theft 2020, Equatorial Guinea agreed to pause the construction of the controversial wall after Cameroon, Nigeria

Fulani ethnic militia meeting at an unknown location in a Northwestern state of Nigreria. TruthNigeria Investigative Team (Washington) Christian lawmakers and land holders in the embattled Nigerian mass killings, church burnings, sexual violence, and kidnappings in Southern Kaduna and throughout Nigeria Gona also reported that many of the settlers were non-Nigerian. “Our people are Christian farmers. Shea, who testified to the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa the following: A 2023 study by Nigerian

Niger’s military junta tightens control, silencing dissent, detaining opponents, and ruling by decree By Vinciane Joly Soldiers in a Niger army unit / U.S. National Archives / Public domain Since the coup on July 26, 2023,  Niger has been sliding deeper into “Since the coup, there are two categories of people in Niger: patriots and stateless persons—those who “If you criticize the government, you can be sure you’ll be arrested,” a Nigerien civil society member

Biafran refugees flee federal Nigerian troops on a road near Ogbaku, Nigeria in this 1968 photo. and killed Igbos across the then Northern and Western regions of Nigeria. The massacres led the Eastern Region of Nigeria to declare its secession from Nigeria. Nigeria invaded Biafra in July 1967, leading to a protracted war. Biafra officially surrendered to Nigeria in January 1970.

internally displaced at least 712,800 Cameroonians and forced another 67,400 to flee as refugees to Nigeria Haram is the world’s deadliest terrorist organization, killing more than 40,000 people in northeast Nigeria An influx of refugees from the Central African Republic and Nigeria has exacerbated insecurity in Cameroon

An open letter to the Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria, General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, by academic and editor Is this a turning point for Nigeria’s politics? the violent crackdown on protesters in Nigeria, which has already resulted in several deaths. “Under Trump, US interest in Nigeria have narrowed to encompass just trade and investment, and security And they will be looking to make clear that US interests in Nigeria are holistic: it is impossible for

The extraordinary cynicism, finally cruelty by the Africa bloc at the Organization (Nigeria, Cameroon

in the Ouaddai, Sila and Salamat regions are organizing ethnic militias .Herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria

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strongly condemned the killing of at least 17 minors among scores of others slain in a weekend massacre in Niger Seven Nigerien soldiers were killed in an ambush in Tillaberi on December 21. On the other side of Niger, Toumour in the Diffa region was the target of a December attack that left In total, about 4,000 people across Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso died in 2019 in violence and ethnic Fore said “UNICEF stands ready to support the government of Niger in assisting survivors and affected

Niger has declared 48 hours of national mourning after 37 people were killed in a fresh massacre by suspected The massacre bore the hallmarks of rebel attacks that have battered western Niger since 2015, when an located in the department of Banibangou, in the so-called “tri-border” area where the frontiers of Niger