Niger

International Criminal Court faces search for new prosecutor after Karim Khan dismissal

The ICC faces a difficult search for a new prosecutor after Karim Khan’s dismissal, as US pressure and withdrawals by five member states deepen the court’s institutional crisis.

ICC CHIEF Prosecutor Karim Khan in The Hague.
A column of black smoke rises above buildings as traffic passes the Africa Tower monument in Bamako on April 26, 2026.

Al-Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for attacks on military sites in Mali

The head of the Nigerien junta, General Abdourahamane Tiani, walks with Beninese President Romuald Wadagni during his arrival for the first leg of a visit to Niger and Burkina Faso, at the Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, Niger June 2, 2026.

Al Qaeda-linked terrorists claim attack on Niger airport that killed 13

Passengers arrive at the Diori Hamani International airport in Niamey on September 22, 2023; illustrative.

Explosions, sustained gunfire at airport in Niger capital, witnesses say


US citizen kidnapped by gunmen in southern Niger, sources say

Niger, like much of West Africa's Sahel region, is struggling with a deepening security crisis as groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State carry out attacks on the army and civilians.

A US special forces soldier demonstrates how to detain a suspect in Diffa, Niger.

Casualty reports show shifting tactics of US clandestine war in Africa

The US has long had a military role in Africa, but much of it was in the shadows.

US Army soldiers, assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), 101st Airborne Division on a mission to bolster the security of Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya after an attack by Somalia's al Shabaab militants that killed three Americans, board a transport plane in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti January 5,

Jihadi video sheds light on ISIS ambush on U.S. troops in Niger

Four Americans were killed on a mission in northern Niger when their convoy was ambushed returning from Tongo Tongo.

An ISIS propaganda video shows a deadly ambush of US soldiers in Niger

War against terrorism in the Sahel comes out of shadows

US soldiers fight alongside French forces and locals in Niger.

A US special forces soldier demonstrates how to detain a suspect in Diffa, Niger.