[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the suspended prison sentences passed yesterday on two Nigerien journalists who published an international report about drug trafficking and corruption in Niger. These totally unjustified sentences...

[VOA] Ouagadougou -- Islamist militant attacks increased this past year in the Sahel region, leading to political instability that saw a coup in Mali, an attempted coup in Niger, and calls for Burkina Faso's president to resign. Burkina Faso experien...

[RFI] The French army says that it has killed one of the suspects in last year's murder of eight people including six young French aid workers in the Koure National Park in Niger,

[DW] French armed forces say they have killed a senior "Islamic State" member believed to have been involved in a 2020 attack that left six French aid workers dead.

[State Department] On behalf of the United States Government and the American people, I send my congratulations to the Government of Niger and all Nigeriens as you celebrate Republic Day.

[Africa Check] "I will make sure Nnamdi kanu spend the rest of his life in prison since he revealed our discussion to Ejiofor," begins a message posted on Facebook in December 2021, supposedly quoting Nigerian senator Orji Kalu.

[State Department] The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:

[Africom] U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa Niam -- Niger received the first of the three scheduled C-130 aircraft deliveries by the U.S. in January 2021, and has employed the mobility platform for various humanitarian assistance operatio...

[Africom] U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa Niam -- Niger received the first of the three scheduled C-130 aircraft deliveries by the U.S. in January 2021, and has employed the mobility platform for various humanitarian assistance operatio...

[DW] Explosions hit a UN camp and a bus in Mali while neighboring Niger saw an attack on a military base. The base is used by the G5 Joint Force of Sahel countries to combat militants in the region.