Sixteen Niger soldiers are killed after an ambush against a patrol in the Tahoua region near the Mali border.

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hailed the valuable role played by the country’s Quds Force; that’s the overseas branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.

Nineteen civilians are killed when armed men raid a village in west Niger close to the border with Mali.

There were reports of gunfire in Plateau district of Niamey, where the presidential palace is located.

Unidentified armed "bandits" in Niger stage several attacks in the restive region of Tillaberi, killing dozens of people, inflicting damage, and stealing vehicles, the government says.

Demonstrators in the streets of Niger's capital Niamey face off against police as opposition candidate Mahamane Ousmane claimed victory in Sunday's presidential election

The West African country of Niger holds a second round of presidential election.

Security sources say at least 70 civilians have been killed in simultaneous attacks on two villages by suspected extremist militants in Niger, near the border zone with Mali.

Terrorists from the Boko Haram group have killed at least 27 people in an attack of “unprecedented savagery” in southeast Niger, local officials said.

Niger and Israel are reportedly engaged in secret negotiations to establish full diplomatic relations.