The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/niger/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:31:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Niger | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/niger/ 32 32 Wagner chief says group making Africa ‘freer,’ in rare appearance since mutiny https://www.timesofisrael.com/wagner-chief-says-group-making-africa-freer-in-rare-appearance-since-mutiny/ Tue, 22 Aug 2023 09:21:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3077810 Yevgeny Prigozhin hints he is on continent in recent video, as tensions brew in Niger over military coup that Wagner-linked group describes as fight against 'colonizers'

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]]> Mutinous soldiers claim to overthrow Niger’s president in military coup https://www.timesofisrael.com/mutinous-soldiers-claim-to-overthrow-nigers-president-in-military-coup/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 06:53:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3060114 Military officer leading effort cites poor governance as reason for takeover; international community condemns act, while president's office vows loyal forces will retaliate

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]]> 137 killed in Niger’s deadliest suspected jihadist massacre https://www.timesofisrael.com/137-killed-in-nigers-deadliest-suspected-jihadist-massacre/ Tue, 23 Mar 2021 07:16:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2511293 Attack brings the number of fatalities in the Mali-Niger border region to 236 in just over a week

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]]> Map shown by PM shows Israel having ‘potential’ relations with Mali, Niger https://www.timesofisrael.com/map-shown-by-pm-shows-israel-having-potential-relations-with-mali-niger/ Tue, 19 Feb 2019 22:50:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2021952 Presented in meeting with US-Jewish leaders, Netanyahu's graphic also indicates Jerusalem has ties with Somalia and Djibouti; it doesn't

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]]> Niger man deported by Israel stranded in Ethiopia airport for months https://www.timesofisrael.com/niger-man-deported-by-israel-stranded-in-ethiopia-airport-for-months/ Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:34:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2021306 Eissa Muhamad has been living in the departures lounge in Addis Ababa since November, after his home country twice refused to repatriate him

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]]> Trump defends call to fallen soldier’s widow https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-defends-call-to-fallen-soldiers-widow/ Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:25:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1716325 US president tweets that he had 'respectful conversation' with La David Johnson's widow and that he remembered his name 'without hesitation!'

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]]> Family of slain sergeant says Trump showed ‘disrespect’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/family-of-slain-sergeant-says-trump-showed-disrespect/ Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:27:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1713493 US president didn't even remember Sgt. La David Johnson's name in call to widow, said her husband 'knew what he signed up for'

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]]> US lawmaker: Trump told soldier’s widow he ‘knew what he signed up for’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-lawmaker-trump-told-soldiers-widow-he-knew-what-he-signed-up-for/ Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:16:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1713210 US president denies account after Florida representative says she heard conversation with wife of serviceman killed in Niger

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]]> Mosque blasts kill 55 in Nigeria https://www.timesofisrael.com/mosque-blasts-kill-55-in-nigeria/ Fri, 23 Oct 2015 21:25:06 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1271950 Bombings come as extremist Islamist group Boko Haram briefly seizes a town in neighboring Cameroon

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]]> Churches torched in Niger anti-Charlie Hebdo protests https://www.timesofisrael.com/churches-torched-in-niger-anti-charlie-hebdo-protests/ Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:33:21 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1123271 Rioters in West African country burn French-linked institutions; Europe on edge from recent attacks

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]]> Hollande: Last French hostage held abroad is freed https://www.timesofisrael.com/hollande-last-held-french-hostage-held-abroad-freed/ Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:12:24 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1103937 French president says Serge Lazarevic, who had been kidnapped by al-Qaeda in 2011, is in 'relatively good health'

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]]> Gaddafi son al-Saadi extradited to Libya https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaddafi-son-al-saadi-extradited-to-libya/ Fri, 07 Mar 2014 04:32:26 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=903180 Playboy son of deposed dictator deported from refuge in Niger to face charges for abuses during father's reign

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]]> Gaddafi’s son extradited to Libya https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaddafis-son-extradited-to-libya/ Thu, 06 Mar 2014 07:20:40 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=901636 Al-Saadi had fled in 2011 when his father's regime was crumbling and been under house arrest since

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]]> Letter offers rare glimpse into al-Qaeda’s inner workings https://www.timesofisrael.com/letter-offers-rare-glimpse-into-al-qaedas-inner-workings/ Tue, 28 May 2013 23:02:22 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=526898 Disciplinary missive to terror mastermind Moktar Belmoktar, behind major north African attacks, provides window into messy split with highly structured group

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]]> Ahmadinejad visits uranium-rich Niger https://www.timesofisrael.com/ahmadinejad-visits-uranium-rich-niger/ Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:01:43 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=461702 Selling mineral to Iran would be illegal, says West African nation's foreign minister

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