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Vermoedelijke ISWA-militanten van Islamitische Staat West-Afrika leidden een gewapende aanval op Nigeriaanse legertroepen in Gasarwa, Borno State, Nigeria

Wereldbank keurt lening van 1,57 miljard dollar voor Nigeria goed

Nigeria ISIS beweert dat "dorpelingen worden beschouwd als strijders die verantwoordelijk zijn voor de dood van 9 moedjahedien in de afgelopen maanden. Ze vroegen de gouverneur van Yobi om een militaire basis op te zetten [andere dorpen vermeden hen omdat hun samenwerking bekend was]. Nigeria ISIS beweert dat het bloedbad in Mafa "130 volwassen mannen werden gescheiden van vrouwen en kinderen en geëxecuteerd. Er werd een brief in het dorp achtergelaten". Het dorp wordt ervan beschuldigd het leger te helpen tegen de jihadisten.

At least 52 dead in fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria: official

Niger Diffa Province: The Islamic State’s Western Africa Province (ISWAP) claims an ambush on the Red Cross accompanied by the Nigerien Army IED attack and a consequent assault with machine gun fire leading to the death of 8 Red Cross workers and 1 Nigerien soldier

In Nigeria, thousands of demonstrators have been in the streets since August 1 to express their frustration with the high cost of living. They call for improving the governance system

At least 13 people were killed in protests against the high cost of living in Nigeria

Islamic State attacked and destroyed a Nigerian army loyal militias patrol near Gamboro, Borno Nigeria

Nigeria gunmen kill 50 in raid on northwest village, residents say

ISWAP claims to have targeted a Red Cross vehicle in Chitimari, Diffa region, killing two volunteers Niger

ISWAP says it executed a Nigerian army spy near Kirinwa town

The Nigerian army has issued a rare statement denying reports of an alleged coup plot.The Nigerian Defence Headquarters said it was categorically false. It follows reports that the Presidential Guard had been mobilised because of the suspected coup

Night raid by IS-West Africa on a Nigerian police barracks in Gajiram, Borno:

At least 40 missing, 'presumed dead' in northwest Nigeria boat accident - official

Total collapse of the electrical grid in Nigeria has caused widespread blackouts across the largest economy in Africa

Jitender Sachdeva, founder and Group President, Skipper Seil Group, announcing plans to invest $1.6B into Nigeria, in the power sector, over the next 2 years. Says he’s been doing business in Nigeria for 25 years, across healthcare, power and defence

The President of Nigeria: We follow the developments in Gabon closely and we have deep concern about the political and social stability there

Militaire versterkingen van de strijdkrachten van Niger aan de grens met Nigeria en Benin

ECOWAS: We are still giving diplomacy a chance in Niger, but all options are on the table

ECOWAS Commissioner: Our forces are ready to respond to the situation in Niger if other means fail

Nigerian Minister of Defense: Our army will not take part in any actions aimed at sabotaging democracy in Nigeria

Director of the International Organization for Migration Mission in Nigeria: We are ready for any scenario of asylum from Niger, as happened in Sudan

Director of the International Organization for Migration Mission in Nigeria: All Niger's borders are closed

Ivorian President: "ECOWAS" decides to start its military intervention in Niger "as soon as possible"

The President of ECOWAS has Ordered the Deployment of the ECOWAS-Standby Force to restore Constitutional Order in the Republic of Niger

Negotiation with the military government in Niger must be the "foundation of our approach", Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said on Thursday in Abuja at the opening of a new ECOWAS summit on Niger.

President Bazoum is represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Niger at the ECOWAS Summit (Abuja, Nigeria)

2nd Extra-Ordinary Summit on the Socio-Political Situation in the Republic of Niger. Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria arrives at the Summit

The military council in Niger meets envoys of the President of Nigeria and the President of "ECOWAS"

RFI:African countries are planning to send a contingent of 25,000 troops to Niger as part of a military invasion.Nigeria can provide more than half of the military contingent. In addition Senegal, Benin and Côte d'Ivoire can send their soldiers as well