Traditional chiefs and non-governmental organizations have been traversing the vast Tillaveri region of western Niger for months.

African operation underway as dozens of troops from Niger and France’s are boarding a French C-130 military transport plane.

The Niger conflict has led to the displacement of more than 18,000 people on the remote islands of jihadist-hit western Niger.

Jihadist-hit Niger last week killed about 30 members of the Boko Haram group and detained 960 followers, most of them women and children.

Twenty-eight bodies were found in northwest Burkina Faso over the weekend, the government said, noting an investigation was underway.

The Niger soldiers had “defended themselves ferociously” killing dozens of the attackers before being overwhelmed by their numbers

The tragedy came months after 20 young children were burnt to death in a similar school fire in the capital Niamey, Niger

Three days of mourning have been declared in the Maradi region, Niger from Tuesday after 26 children died in school fire

18 killed when the artisanal wells collapsed at the Garin-Liman goldmine site in Niger on Sunday afternoon, rescue operations are on going

The United Nations returned migrants in Libya back to Niger, marking the second flight since being suspended

Its armed forces are poorly trained and equipped against highly mobile jihadist units linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.

Bankilare, northeast Burkina Faso, part of the troubled three-borders region of Mali, Niger, struggling with a deadly surge in jihadist

More than 20 casualties resulted from chaos that erupted at a food collection point in the West African country.