The tri-border region has long been plagued by extremist violence. Just last month, a jihadi group attacked a village there, ...

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has called on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to assist in rescuing five migrant ...

Foreigners exploit ungoverned spaces and routes in northern Nigeria to enter the country and unleash mayhem on helpless residents, findings by Sunday PUNCH have shown.Sources who spoke to our ...

A surprise attack in western Niger by armed assailants has resulted in the deaths of 12 soldiers. The incident occurred near ...

Niger's army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a ...

Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday.

Diplomatic tensions between Benin and its junta-led Sahel neighbours Niger and Burkina Faso have led to a security vacuum ...

Algeria is rounding up migrants and dumping them across the border with Niger, according to a regional migrant rights group.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger’s city of Agadez, according to local authorities and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

US officials are pleading for help at the Canadian border, claiming the “most dangerous people are coming through” the largely unchecked crossing. The number of illegal entries from the often ...

The Niger State Government has received 17 rescued kidnapped victims from across the state border with Kaduna State. Presenting the victims to the Niger State Government on Thursday, 11 April 2025 ...

Seventeen kidnap victims abducted on March 3, 2025, from Loto Village via Kuchi Sarkin-Pawa in Niger State have been rescued and reunited with the state government. The victims, who were rescued ...