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World
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Africa
5/29/2024 7:30:51 PM
Action must be taken immediately to address the humanitarian crisis in the Sahel or other countries will be drawn in and it will "become a problem for the world", a UNHCR official warned Wednesday.
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Sports
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Africa
5/25/2024 2:01:02 PM
Ademola Lookman fresh from a historic hat-trick in the Europa League final will hope to make a similar impact for Nigeria in June's 2026 World Cup qualifiers after being named in new head coach Finidi George's squad.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
5/21/2024 9:00:08 PM
The up-and-coming filmmaker Amina Abdoulaye Mamani talks about The Envoy of God, a film that looks deep into the heart of terrorism in Niger. The film won the Best Short Film award at Aswan International Women Film Festival last month.
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World
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Africa
5/21/2024 2:41:43 PM
Hundreds of hostages, mostly children and women, who were held captive for months or years by Boko Haram extremists in northeastern Nigeria have been rescued from a forest enclave and handed over to authorities, the army said.
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World
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Africa
5/19/2024 4:26:30 PM
The US troop withdrawal from Niger, at the demand of the West African nation's military rulers, has begun and will be over by September 15 "at the latest", a joint statement said Sunday.
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World
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Africa
5/14/2024 6:57:13 PM
Junta-led Niger cut military ties with the United States in March because it threatened sanctions, Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine said in a Washington Post interview published Tuesday.
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World
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Africa
5/5/2024 2:05:23 PM
New Russian military advisors and military equipment have arrived in Niger, according to state television in the African country that wants US forces to leave.
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World
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Africa
5/3/2024 3:51:45 PM
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday that Russian soldiers had deployed to an air base in Niger that also houses American troops, after the country's military rulers decided to expel US forces.
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Sports
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Africa
4/29/2024 9:20:06 PM
The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) announced on Monday the appointment of Finidi George as the new coach of the Nigerian national football team.
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World
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Africa
4/27/2024 10:49:57 PM
Eleven militia fighters working alongside Nigeria's military to battle jihadists were killed Saturday in the country's northeast when their vehicle hit a landmine on a highway near the border with Cameroon, two militia sources told AFP.
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World
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Africa
4/27/2024 5:19:14 PM
The United States will withdraw some troops from Chad, the Pentagon has said, days after Washington agreed to move forces out of neighboring Niger.
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World
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Africa
4/25/2024 3:13:59 PM
Nearly 120 inmates escaped from a prison in central Nigeria after torrential rains destroyed the parameter fence, a Nigerian prisons service spokesman said Thursday.
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World
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Africa
4/22/2024 6:53:07 PM
The United States has begun discussions with Niger on withdrawing the more than 1,000 American personnel in the country, which has been a key base for regional counter-terrorism operations, the Pentagon said Monday.
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World
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Africa
4/18/2024 11:39:53 AM
Burkina Faso has expelled three French diplomats for "subversive activities", according to a foreign ministry note seen by AFP on Thursday.
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World
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Africa
4/13/2024 6:34:00 PM
Russian military trainers arrived this week in Niger to reinforce the country’s air defenses as the west African nation pulls away from close cooperation with the United States in counterterrorism efforts, turning instead to Russia for security.
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World
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Africa
3/24/2024 5:44:31 PM
At least 137 of nearly 300 Nigerian children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in the northwestern state of Kaduna were released on Sunday, the West African nation’s military said.
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World
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Africa
3/18/2024 6:21:02 PM
Kidnappers have abducted over 100 people in two new attacks in northwest Nigeria weeks after more than 250 school pupils were seized in the same state, residents and officials told AFP on Monday.
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World
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Africa
3/17/2024 12:26:43 PM
Niger's government announced on Saturday that it was breaking off "with immediate effect" its military cooperation agreement with the United States.
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World
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Africa
3/12/2024 5:46:34 PM
A US general and top officials visited Niger on Tuesday to see the ruling junta, renewing contact after the coup leaders ousted the elected leader, booted out French forces and moved closer to Russia.
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