| 5,674,295 |
14.3188 |
2.0866 |
Niger |
|
AQIM killed the two male French hostages, who are discovered by government forces following a firefight to recover them |
| 5,674,299 |
14.3188 |
2.0866 |
Niger |
|
Niger's security forces fought a gun battle with gunmen holding two westerners hostage, but the kidnappers escaped, according to a security source and state radio on Saturday. |
| 5,674,303 |
14.3188 |
2.0866 |
Niger |
|
Military forces capture two suspected hostage takers soon after a clash. |
| 5,674,307 |
19.36667 |
5.8 |
Niger |
|
Algerian army forces have killed three terrorists and arrested another in an ambush at the borders with Niger, local El Khabar newspaper reported on Wednesday. The newspaper quoted a security source as saying that the operation occurred last Monday, after the explosion of a road bomb targeting a patrol of Niger army, seriously wounding two soldiers and blowing up a military engine, in Samafo on the borders with Algeria. |
| 5,674,310 |
13.52 |
2.12 |
Niger |
|
"This morning (Friday) we had planned a meeting followed by a peaceful march in support of the Libyan people, with the aim of condemning the Western attacks, but the municipality banned this," organizer Saboussi Jackou told a private radio station. |
| 5,674,314 |
18.74 |
7.39 |
Niger |
|
"The armed men who clashed with the Niger army on Sunday 50 miles north of Arlit were Islamist elements of AQIM," the security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. One soldier, one militant killed. |
| 5,674,319 |
14.9709 |
8.8879 |
Niger |
|
Police disperse protesters angry over electricity blackouts throughout the town. Several were wounded when police use teargas. 20 arrested. |
| 5,674,323 |
18.74 |
7.39 |
Niger |
|
An army patrol in Niger attacked a four-car convoy carrying suspected al-Qaida-linked militants, killing three of them and leading to the liberation of more than four dozen youths that had been forcibly recruited by the extremist group, the defense minister said. |
| 5,674,328 |
18.74 |
7.39 |
Niger |
|
Fourteen killed during a shootout with "heavily armed" attackers from Libya in northern Niger, where the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) group operates. Authorities took 13 prisoners in the incident. |
| 5,674,332 |
13.65 |
9.1833 |
Niger |
|
Clashes between security forces and protesters have killed at least two people after crowds gathered to protest against the arrest of an opposition figure and former minister under the regime of Mamadou Tandja. The police chief was later fired over the deaths. |
