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Niger says it regains control of airbase after soldiers mutiny

Explosions and gunfire echoed across Niamey early on Saturday, including around the military airbase and the presidency.

A security officer stands guard on the street following a mutineers' attack on the airport and the presidency in Niamey, Niger, August 29, 2026.
(Illustrative) A drone picture shows a suburb following the attack on the international airport in Niamey, Niger, on January 30, 2026.

Mutinous soldiers attack airport, presidency in Niger capital, sources say

- A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State (IS) group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre by the jihadists, on March 1, 2017, in the village of Albu Sayf, on the southern outskirts of Mosul.

Libyan commander Haftar helped secure release of US hostage in Sahel

A still image taken from an Islamic State (ISIS) video

American missionary kidnapped in Niger released, in US custody


'Exiled' Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin hails Niger coup, touts services

"What happened in Niger is nothing other than the struggle of the people of Niger with their colonizers," Prigozhin said.

 Founder of Wagner private mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves a cemetery before the funeral of Russian military blogger Maxim Fomin widely known by the name of Vladlen Tatarsky, who was recently killed in a bomb attack in a St Petersburg cafe, in Moscow, Russia, April 8, 2023.

Six Nigerian, Niger troops killed by Islamic State, security forces say

Two officers and four other ranks from both countries were killed and 16 wounded.

Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters deploy in an intensive security operation earlier this month to regain control over Luhaiban village in Kirkuk after Islamic State had seized the Iraqi village.

Death toll from attack on Niger villages soars to 137

It did not say who authorities believed was behind the attacks. A security source earlier blamed Islamic State, whose local affiliate is active in the zone.

An ISIS propaganda video shows a deadly ambush of US soldiers in Niger

Niger votes in hopes of first democratic transition

More than 40% of Niger's population lives in extreme poverty, and the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed growth to a crawl.

Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou arrives at the airport for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) consultative meeting in Accra, Ghana September 15, 2020.

US citizen kidnapped by gunmen in southern Niger, sources say

Niger, like much of West Africa's Sahel region, is struggling with a deepening security crisis as groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State carry out attacks on the army and civilians.

A US special forces soldier demonstrates how to detain a suspect in Diffa, Niger.

Casualty reports show shifting tactics of US clandestine war in Africa

The US has long had a military role in Africa, but much of it was in the shadows.

US Army soldiers, assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), 101st Airborne Division on a mission to bolster the security of Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya after an attack by Somalia's al Shabaab militants that killed three Americans, board a transport plane in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti January 5,

Jihadi video sheds light on ISIS ambush on U.S. troops in Niger

Four Americans were killed on a mission in northern Niger when their convoy was ambushed returning from Tongo Tongo.

An ISIS propaganda video shows a deadly ambush of US soldiers in Niger

War against terrorism in the Sahel comes out of shadows

US soldiers fight alongside French forces and locals in Niger.

A US special forces soldier demonstrates how to detain a suspect in Diffa, Niger.