12 September 2021
An increasing number of children are being killed, abducted and recruited by armed groups.
24 June 2021
Armed assailants killed 19 civilians in the village of Danga Zawne, Niger
18 April 2021
A group of armed men slaughters 19 victims in the province of Tillaberi.
23 March 2021
The UNHCR issued a statement on the recent attack in Niger during a press briefing in Geneva.
17 March 2021
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) condemns the recent “horrific killings” of civilians in western Niger.
21 February 2021
Seven poll officials of the electoral commission in Niger have been killed in a landmine blast, with three others seriously injured.
04 January 2021
The United Nations Secretary-General condemned a recent attack in two villages of Niger where unidentified gunmen reportedly killed at least 100 and injured dozens
15 December 2020
The United Nations is deeply concerned about the new deadly attack against refugees and IDPs in Toumour town
05 September 2020
The bodies were discovered in six mass graves: the killings allegedly took place during military operations carried out in Ayorou earlier this year
24 June 2020
A group of 10 humanitarian workers from the NGO Action and Impact Progress have been kidnapped by a group of unidentified gunmen
12 June 2020
Escalating violence urged UNHCR to launch its Sahel Crisis Appeal, highlighting the dire conditions faced by refugees, IDPs and host communities
01 June 2020
In Niger, at least three killings in the Intikane refugee camp, the UNHCR denounces the fact as heinous
17 August 2017A mission of the International Organisation of Migration revealed that more than 1000 migrants were helped in the Ténéré desert area since April 2017.
26 July 201714 civilians from Niger and Nigeria were killed by soldiers after having been wrongly identified as members of the Islamist group Boko Haram.
12 July 2017Alleged members of the extremist group Boko Haram targeted a village in the region of Diffa in Niger, kidnapping tens of women and children.
25 August 2016UNICEF warns of severe malnutrition putting children at risk in the Lake Chad area.
21 June 2016 Violence from Boko Haram has caused the displacement of over 240,000 people in Diffa Region, Niger.
16 June 2016The bodies of 34 migrants have been found in the desert after trying to reach Algeria.
7 June 2016 After multiple attacks in the last few days by Boko Haram, 50,000 civilians are forced to flee their homes in Niger.
