| 5,674,529 |
13.52 |
2.12 |
Niger |
|
Two days of student rioting have left 10 people injured, as well as 26 cars and 6 motorbikes badly damaged, while students also ransacked the premises of Niger's Grant Allocation Agency; student attacked police with stones and hunks of wood, while police used tear gas to disperse the protesters; the students were protesting delays to grant payments; at least 72 have been arrested |
| 5,674,533 |
13.52 |
2.12 |
Niger |
|
Three people were injured, one severely, in a molotov cocktail attack on the ruling Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism HQ |
| 5,674,536 |
13.52 |
2.12 |
Niger |
|
40 allies of parliament speaker Hama Amadou were detained for allegedly planning "a campaign of terror"; police charge that some were found in position of petrol bombs; all are members of the opposition Nigerian Democratic Movement |
| 5,674,539 |
13.52 |
2.12 |
Niger |
|
Students at the University of Niamey have gone on strike to demand the release of the 72 students jailed after violent protests last week |
| 5,674,542 |
13.52 |
2.12 |
Niger |
|
Six opposition figures, including a former government minister and a Nigerien Democratic Movement MP, were charged with violating the security of the state. The six are close to parliament speaker Hama Amadou, seen as the principal rival for the 2016 presidential elections |
| 5,674,547 |
13.52 |
2.12 |
Niger |
|
Thousands of Nigerians attended a peaceful march organized by the Nigerian opposition to demand "respect for civil liberties" and the release of political prisoners, in response to the jailing of many opposition activists last month |
| 5,674,551 |
23.23073 |
12.14676 |
Niger |
|
French special forces carried out a raid on a GMA convoy, striking 1 vehicle from the air and killing 3 occupants, then landing special forces and capturing multiple militants, including Abu Asum al-Muhajir, the spokesperson for GMA. |
| 5,674,785 |
13.52 |
2.12 |
Niger |
|
Journalist and rights activist Moussa Tchangari was arrested for "collaborating" with Boko Haram after criticizing the humanitarian crisis in the southeast of Niger. He was released on bail the following week. |
| 5,674,556 |
16.97 |
7.99 |
Niger |
|
The French military used jets to destroyed part of an AQIM convoy transporting weapons from Libya to Mali in cooperation with Nigerien authorities. They then landed special forces who killed/captured 15 AQIM militants. Large amounts of weapons were captured, and some were killed, wounded or captured, but no specific numbers were reported. |
| 5,674,560 |
21.94 |
13.64 |
Niger |
|
The French military has announced it will be establishing a forward base in Madama alongside the government of Niger to intensify its operations against militants in northern Mali and cut off their supply routes. About 50 French soldiers will be deployed, and it should be operations "within the coming weeks". |
