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    The 2015 Niger raid was an unsuccessful assault on the Nigerien towns Bosso and Diffa, perpetrated by Boko Haram. The incident occurred on 6 February...
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    least 15 in Niger village raid: sources". Reuters. 25 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015. "Suspected...
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  • as some churches set ablaze in Niger. February 9 - Boko Haram launch a raid on a prison in the town of Diffa in Niger. Authorities repel the attack. February...
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    List of wars and battles involving the Islamic State (category Articles needing additional references from April 2015)
    intervention in Yemen Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Boko Haram insurgency 2015 Niger raid American military intervention in Cameroon Insurgency in the North...
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    Since 2015, the border area between Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger has been a hotbed for jihadist forces originating from Mali. The insurgency has taken...
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  • army in mid-August 2013 stated that he was fatally wounded when soldiers raided a base of Boko Haram in Sambisa forest and had died between 25 July and...
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  • gunfire. On January 7, 2011, a six-man team of AQIM jihadists raided Niamey, the capital of Niger, with the goal of capturing Westerners to be used for ransom...
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  • Ngala in Borno. 6 February – 2015 Niger raid – Boko Haram launched raids on the towns of Bosso and Diffa, both in Niger, the first time that the group...
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    base in Niger to the ruling junta". "Niger attack: Jihadists kill dozen of soldiers in deadliest raid since coup". BBC. May 1, 2024. "Niger: 7 soldiers...
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    conflict in the Niger Delta first arose in the early 1990s over tensions between foreign oil corporations and a number of the Niger Delta's minority...
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  • The Tongo Tongo ambush or the Niger ambush occurred on 4 October 2017, when armed militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) attacked...
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  • deadliest raid since coup". BBC. May 1, 2024. "Niger: 7 soldiers killed in a suspected jihadists attack". Africanews. May 1, 2024. "Niger: 17 troops...
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  • several hundred Tuaregs were arrested by local gendarmes in Tchin-Tabaraden, Niger after a clash with the gendarmes. Angered Tuaregs, viewing the arrests as...
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    Wikisource has original text related to this article: Portal:Niger documents The Niger uranium forgeries were forged documents initially released in 2001...
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    ago – DW – 11/09/2015". dw.com. Retrieved 2023-11-04. "CorpWatch : NIGERIA: Shell may pull out of Niger Delta after 17 die in boat raid". Archived from...
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    Slavery in Niger involves different practices which have been practiced in the Sahel region for many centuries and which persist to this day. The Bornu...
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    task as US forces in Niger, The Guardian reported that the US military deployed 300 personnel to Cameroon in early October 2015, with the approval of...
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    Islamist insurgency in the Sahel (category Wars involving Niger)
    Haram, began to spread to nearby countries. By 2015, the Mali war had spread to Burkina Faso and Niger, which led to heavy fighting and humanitarian crises...
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  • killed more than 30 others are rescued after a boat capsizes along the Niger River in Anambra State. 8 January – A two-year BBC investigation accuses...
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    Nigerien and 2 Libyans civilians were summarily executed by the army". NIGER: Rebels raid town in south east. IRIN, 22 January 2008 Archived 24 January 2008...
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    original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015. Reguly, Eric (19 November 2015). "Two dead, eight arrested after police raid Paris apartment in hunt...
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  • 2021 Tahoua attacks (category Jihadist insurgency in Niger)
    Tahoua Region, Niger. The attacks killed 137 people and injured several others. Niger has suffered from a jihadist insurgency since 2015, when Islamist...
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  • Black November: Struggle for the Niger Delta is a 2012 Nigerian-American action drama film starring an ensemble cast that includes Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Mickey...
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    Tuareg people (category Ethnic groups in Niger)
    a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, as far as northern Nigeria. The Tuareg speak languages...
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    when he detonated a suicide belt while fleeing from U.S. forces during the raid. The U.S. operation was named for Kayla Mueller, an American aid worker who...
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    Slave raiding is a military raid for the purpose of capturing people and bringing them from the raid area to serve as slaves. Once seen as a normal part...
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    in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in...
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  • 2024 Tillabéri attack (category Terrorist incidents in Niger)
    attack. The government of Niger declared three days of national mourning to honour the fallen soldiers. In the capital of Niger, Niamey, a ceremony was...
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    Samuel Ajayi Crowther (category Archdeacons of the Niger)
    The Slave Boy who Became Bishop of the Niger. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company. p. 64. Retrieved 12 April 2015. Hair, Paul Edward Hedley (1967). "The...
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