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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›
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FRANCE 24 journalist wins UN Correspondents award for 'Timbuktu Revisited'... 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›
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›
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›
AMID NIGER AMBUSH CHAOS, THE WHITE HOUSE FIRST THOUGHT SEVERAL AMERICANS WERE MISSING
I personally think the American and Nigerien force was just overwhelmed, the administration official said... READ MORE›
PENTAGON DEPLOYED ELITE COMMANDOS TO NIGER FEARING THAT MILITANTS WERE HUNTING MISSING SOLDIER, OFFICIALS SAY
Johnson, 25, worked as a mechanic and was attached to the 3rd Special Forces Group team... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | TRUMP'S NIGER UPROAR SHINES LIGHT ON THE U.S.'S MURKY AFRICAN WARS
The part of Niger where U.S. troops were killed is already awash with deadly skirmishes... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | PARTS OF NIGER AND MALI ARE ALREADY LAWLESS. U.S. STRATEGY MIGHT MAKE IT WORSE.
Chadian troops and Nigerien Special Forces participate in the Flintlock exercises with the U.S. military and its Western partners in Mao, Chad, March 7, 2015... READ MORE›
GUNMEN KILL 13 NIGER SOLDIERS IN ATTACK NEAR MALI BORDER
A United Nations Security Council delegation was in Mali on Saturday to discuss the force... READ MORE›
GUNMEN KILL 12 NIGER TROOPS IN ATTACK NEAR MALI BORDER
Heavily armed assailants believed to have crossed over from Mali launch dawn attack on paramilitary police base... READ MORE›
GHANA PAIRED WITH NIGER IN ROUND OF 16
Ghana, Mali and Niger reached the the round of 16 in the 2017 U-17 World Cup in India 2017... READ MORE›
FOUR KILLED AFTER CARGO PLANE CRASHES INTO ATLANTIC OCEAN
Four crew members were killed when a cargo plane chartered by the French military crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the Ivory Coast... 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›
FOURTH US SOLDIER CONFIRMED KILLED IN NIGER AMBUSH
U.S. officials say they believe extremists linked to the Islamic State group were responsible for the attack about 120 miles north of Niger's capital, Niamey... 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›
A DEADLY AMBUSH IN NIGER RAISES TOUGH QUESTIONS FOR TRUMP'S PENTAGON
Less clear are the circumstances surrounding their deaths Wednesday in an ambush in the Central African country of Niger, and the precise nature of their mission... READ MORE›
5 NIGERIEN SOLDIERS AND 3 U.S. GREEN BERETS KILLED IN AMBUSH
Namatta Abubacar, an official for the region of Tillaberi in Niger, said five Nigerien soldiers were among the dead... 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›
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›
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STUNNING PHOTOS CAPTURE RARE SNOW IN THE SAHARA DESERT
Incredible photos capture freak snowfall in the Sahara Desert, believed to be first time it has fallen on the unforgiving red dunes in almost 40 years... READ MORE›
GREECE VOTES NO: THE EUROPEAN UNION IS DYING BEFORE OUR EYES
An outdated European Union has been found out and rejected emphatically by young Greeks in the 21st century... READ MORE›
TWO DEAD AS GUNMEN STORM TOURIST RESORT
Malian special forces intervened, backed by UN soldiers and troops from a French counter-terrorism force... READ MORE›
STEPHEN MCGOWN OPENS UP ABOUT SIX YEARS AS AL-QAEDA HOSTAGE AND HOW HE CONVERTED TO ISLAM
Stephen McGown opens up about six years as al-Qaeda hostage and how he converted to Islam... READ MORE›
NIGEL FARAGE WE WILL ALL BE LIKE GREECE IF THE EU GETS ITS WAY
And it is an example of how the European Union is not just a threat to national democracy, but national security as well... READ MORE›
'AT LEAST 20 DEAD' IN OUAGADOUGOU HOTEL
Gunmen have attacked a hotel used by Westerners in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, taking hostages and reportedly killing at least 20 people... READ MORE›
GROUP OF 'EXTINCT' ANTELOPE RELEASED INTO WILD IN SOUTHERN SAHARA
Conservationists hope second group of 14 scimitar-horned oryx bred in captivity will help repopulate original habitat in Chad... 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›
60 MILLION PEOPLE FLEEING CHAOTIC LANDS UN SAYS
Nearly 14 million people were newly displaced in 2014 according to the annual report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees... READ MORE›
MALI BAR ATTACK KILLS FIVE IN BAMAKO
Ctv news french belgian among 5 killed during attack on restaurant in mali 3 hrs ago... READ MORE›
THERE'S METHOD IN GREECE'S MADNESS - IT COULD PAY OFF
By contrast the Greek leader Alexis Tsipras announced on Friday that he wants to hold a referendum in Greece on the eurozone crisis on July 5... READ MORE›
UK VOTE ON EUROPEAN UNION 'WILL NOT BE ON 5 MAY'
But Prime Minister David Cameron has said this would mean ministers were barred from speaking about European court decisions and the EU budget... READ MORE›
GREECE DEALBRIDGES FORNOW A GROWINGRIFT IN EUROPE
The mess over Greece has hardly helped the reputation of the European Union inside Britain, but it may also help Mr... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 20 HOSTAGES DEAD IN SIEGE OF HOTEL IN MALI, OFFICIAL SAYS
Mali has faced repeated attacks from militants linked to al-Qaeda and other factions, but the Islamic State does not have major footholds in the region... READ MORE›
DOZENS FEARED DEAD AFTER ABANDONED IN NIGER DESERT
Agadez is a remote town in Niger on the edge of the Sahara desert that has become a major people-smuggling point... READ MORE›
CRACKDOWN IN NIGER FAILS TO DETER MIGRANT SMUGGLERS
As many as 2,000 migrants leave Agadez weekly, the last big stop before reaching Libya, 620 miles away across the scorching sand... READ MORE›
AFRICA'S BIGGEST WINDFARM SPARKS CONTROVERSY IN THE DESERT
By 2020, wind and solar resources in Western Sahara could provide more than a quarter of Morocco's clean energy, which will power 42 percent of Morocco's electricity... READ MORE›
AMERICAN NON-GOVERNMENT WORKER REPORTEDLY KIDNAPPED IN NIGER
At least two people reportedly killed by gunfire as hostage taken from Niger town of Abalak across the border to Mali... READ MORE›
DAVID CAMERON TO BEGIN EU TALKS WITH EUROPEAN LEADERS
David Cameron is to set out his EU renegotiation aims at a meeting of European leaders in Brussels later... READ MORE›
SMUGGLERS ARE ABANDONING MIGRANTS IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESERT THE SIZE OF TEXAS
A pickup truck filled with migrants in 2015 returns to the city of Agadez after it was turned back at military checkpoints in the Sahara... READ MORE›
GUNMEN STAGE DEADLY SIEGE ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL
Andrew Lebovich, a specialist on political and security issues in the region, said the attack in Burkina Faso showed an evolution in the group's tactical ability... READ MORE›
RISE OF FAR-RIGHT PARTY IN DENMARK REFLECTS EUROPES UNEASE
The effort of traditional political parties to attract alienated and angry voters has shifted the discourse... READ MORE›
JIHADISTS DEEPEN COLLABORATION IN NORTH AFRICA
Many of the extremist groups are affiliates of Al Qaeda, which has had roots in North Africa since the 1990s... READ MORE›
OVER 40 PEOPLE 'DIE OF THIRST' IN SAHARA DESERT
The route from Niger to Libya is one of the main ways migrants reach North Africa before crossing the Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe... READ MORE›
TROOPS FROM CHAD AND NIGER TAKE ON BOKO HARAM
Facing direct engagement from government forces, Boko Haram has reverted to old tactics, bombing so-called soft targets in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri... READ MORE›
GREECE REFERENDUM: GREEKS DON'T WANT TO LEAVE EUROPE, BUT EUROPE WANTS REVENGE ON THE GREEKS
In the EU, the majority is supposed to win, and they are supposed to support the European Union... READ MORE›
FISSURES IN EU DEEPEN FROM STRAIN OF MIGRANT INFLUX AND GREEK DEBT
More than 50,000 migrants have arrived in Italy alone this year, according to Frontex, the European Union agency that helps protect the bloc's borders... READ MORE›
MACRON VOWS 'UNCOMPROMISING' FIGHT AGAINST MALI ISLAMISTS ON VISIT TO FRENCH TROOPS
Macron promised during his campaign that, if elected, one of the first things he would do was visit French troops engaged in foreign operations... READ MORE›
ON THE ROAD IN AGADEZ: DESPERATION AND DEATH ALONG A SAHARAN SMUGGLING ROUTE
The going rate between Agadez and Libya is thought to be about 150,000 West African francs CFA, or ?166... READ MORE›
LEADING ROLE FOR FRANCE AS AFRICA BATTLES BACK
NDJAMENA, Chad -- Deep in the Sahara, late at night, a Reaper drone silently tracked a six-vehicle convoy crossing the desert into Niger from Libya... READ MORE›