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[ACSS] As militant Islamist insurgencies make unprecedented gains across the Sahel, military junta leaders have focused on restricting independent voices instead of adapting security strategies.

[AI London] Reacting to the decision by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to deposit formal notifications of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International's Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said:

[Daba Finance] Niger launched a small-scale irrigation project to support tomato production, processing and food security in 3 regions. The project is financed by Italian cooperation with €3 million, or about CFA2 billion. It will run for 3 years across Dougueraoua in the Tahoua region, Tibiri Gobir in the Maradi region and the Tillabéri area.

[Leadership] The government of Niger has formally withdrawn from the International Criminal Court, citing concerns over what it described as selective justice and raising fresh questions about the court's legitimacy and effectiveness.

[RFI] Niamey airport was attacked for the second time this year on 18 June, with 13 people killed, in an assault that illustrated how jihadist groups are changing their methods to test Niger's security forces. Nigerien researcher Brimaka Abdoul Azizou Garba tells RFI the attack showed terrorism is "not abating" but adapting.

[African Arguments] On May 24, 2026, former Beninese finance minister under the outgoing president Patrice Talon, Romuald Wadagni, was sworn into office as the President of Benin. His election was hardly surprising; the last parliamentary elections held earlier this year saw the two parties aligned with his predecessor win every available seat, resulting in the main opposition party, Les Democrates, losing their parliamentary representation. Furthermore, due to Benin's ballot access law requiring a certain number of

[Vanguard] On June 18, 2026, the airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger, once again became the target of a terrorist attack. Gunfire began around 6 a.m. and lasted for several hours. Considering that this is the second attack on the capital's airport this year, which, fortunately, was successfully repelled by the Nigerien armed forces, the military does not rule out that Paris, as before, is behind this attack.

[Agenzia Fides] Niamey -- The official toll from yesterday's jihadist attack, June 18, on Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger, has risen. According to a statement released by the Nigerien Ministry of Defense, 11 soldiers and 2 civilians were killed in the attack, while 22 attackers were "neutralized." In addition, around 20 suspects have been arrested.

[RFI] West Africa's al Qaeda affiliate (JNIM) has claimed responsibility for an attack on Niger's main airport and a nearby military airbase in the capital Niamey, that the government said killed at least 11 soldiers and two civilians. The attack comes six months after other jihadists staged a large assault on the sensitive site.

[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, strongly condemns the terrorist attack carried out on 18 June 2026 against the International Airport of Niamey in the Republic of Niger.

[allAfrica] Gunfire was reported on the morning of Thursday, June 18, 2026, around Niamey International Airport in Niger. According to several corroborating sources, the shooting lasted for nearly two hours before the situation gradually returned to calm.

[African Arguments] On 29 May 2023, moments after taking the oath of office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared: "Fuel subsidy is gone." The announcement marked the beginning of one of the most consequential economic reform cycles in Nigeria's recent history. Over the following months, the administration moved to remove fuel subsidies, unify exchange rates through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and implement a series of fiscal and monetary adjustments designed to restore macroeconomic stability.

[MFWA] On 30 October 2025, six journalists were arrested in Niamey and and on 3rd November, charged with "disseminating data likely to disturb public order", an offence under Niger's cybercrime law.

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