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THIS AFRICAN MIGRANT DREAMED OF REACHING EUROPE. A PHONE CALL CHANGED EVERYTHING.
Sudarsan Raghavan The Washington Post AGADEZ, Niger -- Aziz Dicko knew the risks -- or he thought he did... READ MORE›
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT SETS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION FOR MARCH 4
Pressed several times on whether he would consider continuing on as premier in the new government, Gentiloni deferred, saying he hoped the Democratic Party would come out on top... READ MORE›
FRENCH PRESIDENT CELEBRATES 'CHRISTMAS' WITH TROOPS IN NIGER
Niger is at the forefront of migratory routes in the Sahel, particularly in the region of Agadez in the north... READ MORE›
'THAT I AM ALIVE TODAY IS A MIRACLE'
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Amina Ali Nkeki was calm as she recalled her two years of torment while held captive by Boko Haram terrorists... READ MORE›
SOLD FOR SEX ON THE STREETS OF ITALY
Main migration routes from Nigeria to Europe After her trafficker paid a ransom to her captors Becky was freed, but her ordeal was far from over... READ MORE›
DREAMS IN THE LAP OF THE GODS
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at why Nigerians believe they will be the lucky ones to reach Europe... READ MORE›
A MILITARY REPORT SAYS JOHNSON KILLED BY RIFLE FIRE AS HE FLED AMBUSH
Bryan C. Black, 35, of Puyallup, Wash. Staff Sgt... READ MORE›
'SAHEL COALITION' WANTS VICTORIES AGAINST ISLAMIST MILITANTS BY MID-20
A French-backed West African military force to tackle Islamist militants must secure its first victories by the middle of 2018 to prove its worth and ensure mo... READ MORE›
'EUROPE IS ALREADY FIGHTING SLAVERY IN LIBYA'
Gardenia Trezzini, Euronews Federica Mogherini, we are here at the MED conference in Rome... READ MORE›
FRANCE'S GRIVEAUX SAYS AFRICANS TO TAKE LEAD ON LIBYA MIGRANTS
African countries have to take the lead on rescuing migrants trapped in camps in Libya, French government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux said... READ MORE›
AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN LEADERS WANT TO EVACUATE THOUSANDS MIRED IN LIBYAN SLAVE TRADE
Before Gaddafi's fall, Libya drew West African migrants who intended to stay there and work in its lucrative oil and agricultural industries... READ MORE›
WEST AFRICA POPULATION PLANNERS BATTLE TO WOO MUSLIM HEARTS
On Niger's religious TV stations, preachers promise hellfire for anyone practicing family planning... READ MORE›
BLACKWATER FOUNDER PITCHES PLAN TO QUELL LIBYA MIGRANT CRISIS WITH PRIVATE POLICE
Prince said it was rejected by the Pentagon and Trump's current national security adviser, HR McMaster, who Prince called a very conventional general ... READ MORE›
VOLUNTARY EVACUATION PLANNED FOR MIGRANTS AS LIBYA BATTLES SLAVERY CLAIMS
A plan for a voluntary evacuation of migrants in Libya government-controlled detention camps has been put at the heart of an emergency migration plan for Africa... READ MORE›
MALE RAPE USED SYSTEMATICALLY IN LIBYA AS INSTRUMENT OF WAR
In identifying responsible individuals and entities for trafficking through Libyan territory, Delattre said... READ MORE›
MALI DELAYS REGIONAL ELECTIONS AMID SECURITY CONCERNS
Mali has announced the postponement of regional elections scheduled for December to April, amid security concerns following attacks by armed groups... READ MORE›
ALT-AMERICA: THE TIME FOR TALKING ABOUT WHITE TERRORISM IS NOW
During that time span, there were 201 total cases of domestic terrorism in the United States - almost three times the rate of the preceding eight years... READ MORE›
TRUMP REPLIES 'MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!' TO TWEET ABOUT HIS ATTACKS ON BLACK AMERICANS
In his piece published Wednesday, Sargent argued that Trump goes out of his way to attack prominent African-Americans, including Ball and professional football athletes... READ MORE›
'LIBYA WAS HELL'
Investigation Protests meanwhile took place outside the Libyan embassies in several other African capital cities including Bamako, Mali and Conakry, Guinea over the weekend... READ MORE›
ADDITIONAL REMAINS OF US SOLDIER JOHNSON FOUND IN NIGER
WASHINGTON AP -- The Pentagon says it has recovered additional remains of Army Sgt... READ MORE›
FRANCE TO TAKE REFUGEES RESCUED FROM LIBYA WHO 'NEED PROTECTION'
France will be the first to welcome African refugees evacuated from Libya to Niger by the United Nations refugee agency, French officials announced Monday... READ MORE›
U.S. SOLDIER IN NIGER AMBUSH WAS BOUND AND APPARENTLY EXECUTED, VILLAGERS SAY
The two Tongo Tongo villagers said they also saw the bodies of the three other American soldiers -- Staff Sgts... READ MORE›
U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN NIGER WERE TARGETING MILITANTS, CHALLENGING PENTAGON ACCOUNTS
And some Nigerien soldiers fled, even as the Americans ordered them to stay on and fight... READ MORE›
HOURS BEFORE DEATH IN NIGER, U.S. SOLDIERS WERE TARGETING MILITANTS IN MALI
The Americans, along with a few Nigerien soldiers, he said, continued to engage the militants... READ MORE›
US SPECIAL FORCES 'FOUGHT NIGER AMBUSH ALONE AFTER LOCAL TROOPS FLED'
The five Nigeriens killed in the ambush died in its first moments, sources within the special forces community said... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP AND MELANIA TRUMP IN HAWAII AHEAD OF ASIA VISIT
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump stopped in Hawaii on Friday on the eve of the president's first official visit to Asia... READ MORE›
DEATHS OF FOUR U.S. SOLDIERS IN NIGER HINT AT THE SHADOW WAR AGAINST ISIS IN AFRICA
Libyan militia commanders and officials have said many West Africans fought with the Islamic State in Libya before its defeat there... READ MORE›
US AFRICA COMMAND CONDUCTS AIR STRIKES IN SOMALIA
Friday's attacks were in coordination with Somalian government forces, the statement said... READ MORE›
CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE, TERRORISM AND NIGER
Niger highlights a much larger problem -- just how foolish, how flat-out dumb President Donald Trump is behaving... READ MORE›
NIGER'S TOURISM SECTOR IN LIGHT OF US TRAVEL WARNING [THE MORNING CALL]
Niger's tourism sector in light of US travel warning The Morning Call... READ MORE›
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TRUMP OFFERED A GRIEVING MILITARY FATHER $25,000 IN A PHONE CALL
After not addressing the incident for 12 days, Trump on Monday falsely claimed that previous presidents never or rarely called the families of fallen service members... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO: AT LEAST 18 DEAD IN RESTAURANT ATTACK
At least 18 people have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants at a restaurant popular with foreigners in the capital of Burkina Faso... READ MORE›
THE WHITE HOUSE JUST CONFIRMED TRUMP LIED ABOUT HIS CONVERSATION WITH A SOLDIER'S WIDOW
REUTERS 14 17 Accusing Obama of wiretapping him Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of wire tapping him on twitter... READ MORE›
A TIMELINE OF THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER THE NIGER RAID
Trump later had dinner at the Trump International Hotel in Washington... READ MORE›
3 U.S. ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMANDOS KILLED
The White House said President Donald Trump was notified about the attack Wednesday night as he flew aboard Air Force One from Las Vegas to Washington... READ MORE›
WHERE IS THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE?
Globally, the mortality rate for young people decreased 21 percent between 2000 and 2015, with HIV-related deaths in particular falling significantly... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL DEFENDS REFUGEE POLICY, SAYS ISLAM BELONGS TO GERMANY
Reply A Arumugam Sep 4, 2017 at 12 32 pm Angela Merkel is German version of Nehru and Gandhi... READ MORE›
CAUGHT IN A DEADLY AMBUSH US TROOPS IN NIGER WAITED AN HOUR FOR FRENCH AIR POWER TO ARRIVE
Dunford promised that the Pentagon will release more information when it can... READ MORE›
CHINA HAS A DONKEY SHORTAGE AND WHY THAT MATTERS
They also say farmers in China and around the world can get rich by breeding donkeys for them... READ MORE›
'THAT'S WHAT HURT ME THE MOST'
Myeshia johnson is wife of sgt. la david johnson, who died in niger operation... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE NIGER ATTACK THAT LEFT 4 U.S. SOLDIERS DEAD
Today, there are about 800 soldiers assisting in the fight against al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and Boko Haram, the Nigerian extremist militant group... READ MORE›
TRUMP 'DIDN'T EVEN KNOW DEAD SOLDIER'S NAME WHEN HE CALLED GRIEVING WIDOW'
Mr Trump's comments were quickly rejected by former members of staff of Mr Obama and President George W Bush... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM USE OF CHILD BOMBERS SOARS
The number of children, mainly girls, used by the Nigerian armed group Boko Haram as human bombs has quadrupled this year, according to UNICEF... READ MORE›
'HE COULDN'T REMEMBER MY HUSBAND'S NAME'
Ms Johnson also addressed Mr Trump's claims that Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson lied about the condolence call he had had with her... READ MORE›
TRUMP AGAIN SAYS REP. WILSON LIED ABOUT CALL TO ARMY WIDOW JOHNSON
President Trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband, Jones-Johnson said... READ MORE›
THIS CITY IS A TINDERBOX, AND THE US IS BUILDING A DRONE BASE NEXT DOOR
The sprawling desert north of Agadez, in the west African nation of Niger, is the size of France... READ MORE›
FOURTH U.S. SOLDIER IS FOUND DEAD AFTER AMBUSH IN NIGER
'This is the girl for me, Granny,' Sergeant Wright's grandmother, Elaine Trull, remembered him saying... READ MORE›
US TROOPS 'ATTACKED ON NIGER-MALI BORDER'
Media reports say three US soldiers and five Nigerien soldiers were killed in the ambush in south-western Niger... READ MORE›
HEAVY RAINS DESTROY HUNDREDS OF HOUSES
According to Niger's government, the rains have killed at least 44 people in Niamey and other parts of the West African country since June... READ MORE›
TRUMP AND CORKER'S FEUD ERUPTS AGAIN, THIS TIME OVER TAXES
Bob Corker, who helped President O give us the bad Iran Deal couldn't get elected dog catcher in Tennessee, is now fighting Tax Cuts, Trump tweeted... READ MORE›
TRUMP WAS INSENSITIVE - SOLDIER'S MOTHER
Mr Trump said Ms Wilson's account was totally fabricated ... READ MORE›
HARRY REID TAKES TIME OUT FROM RETIREMENT TO BLAST TRUMP, KELLY
Trying to control Trump, the Nevada Democrat said during a surprise speech at the Democratic National Committee's fall meeting in Las Vegas... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM ATTACK ON NIGERIA OIL TEAM KILLED OVER 50
There has been no serious suggestion that Boko Haram is motivated by a desire to control oil in northeast Nigeria... READ MORE›
'CONCEALING LINKS TO INDIVIDUALS'
I've always found Paul Manafort to be a very decent man, the president told reporters... READ MORE›
A SOLDIER'S WIDOW SAID TRUMP FORGOT HER HUSBAND'S NAME. TRUMP SAYS IT'S NOT TRUE
Donald Trump contradicts grieving widow's phone call account and claims he 'spoke his name from beginning'... READ MORE›
TROOPS KILLED IN AMBUSH ON JOINT NIGER-US PATROL
In mid-June, Niger mounted a new military operation in the Tillaberi region to take on the armed groups... READ MORE›
ITALY OFFERS SWIMMING LESSONS FOR REFUGEES TRAUMATIZED WHILE CROSSING THE MEDITERRANEAN
MESSINA, Italy -- Abdoulie Jallow lives on the Sicilian coast, but until recently, looking at the Mediterranean Sea filled him with dread... READ MORE›
EU, AFRICAN LEADERS BACK NEW PLAN OVER MIGRANT CRISIS
Merkel also said Europe also needs to urgently rethink its asylum system, which requires migrants to seek refugee status in the first country they reach... READ MORE›
4TH U.S. SOLDIER DEAD AFTER AMBUSH ATTACK
U.S. officials say they believe extremists linked to the Islamic State group were responsible for the attack about 200 kilometers 120 miles north of Niger's capital, Niamey... READ MORE›