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HM King Hamad congratulates President of Niger

Manama - Emirates Voice

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa sent a cable of congratulations to President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger, marking his country’s National Day. HM the King extended deepest congratulations and good wishes to President Issoufou on this national occasionRead more

26 teenage girls found dead in Mediterranean Sea

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

Italian authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of death of 26 teenage girls whose bodies were recovered in the Mediterranean Sea, the media reported on Tuesday. The girls, aged 14-18, were believed to have been migrants from Niger and Nigeria who had embarked on the treacherous route to Europe from Libya over the weekend. Lorena Ciccotti, a seniorRead more

US military to pursue Niger operations after deadly attack

Washington - Emirates Voice

US soldiers will continue assisting local forces in Niger despite the deaths of four American soldiers in an ambush, the top uniformed American military officer said Monday. "Our intent is to continue operations there," Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford told reporters as he provided new details on the October 4 attack by Islamic State-linked fighters.Read more

Twelve Niger soldiers killed in attack

Abidjan - Emirates Voice

Twelve paramilitary police were killed Saturday in a fresh attack in Niger's restive southwest bordering Mali, Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum told AFP. "There was a new attack. Twelve gendarmes were killed. We have launched search operations," said Bazoum, adding that the raid took place in the Tillaberi region. In October a raid claimed the lives of four US and fourRead more

Twelve Niger soldiers killed in attack

Abidjan - AFP

Many casualties in Niger 'terrorist' attack

Niamey - Emirates Voice

Niger's President Issoufou Mahamadou said Thursday his country had been attacked by "terrorist groups" and that there had been many casualties, in comments made after the ambush of a joint US-Nigerien patrol. "Our country has just been attacked once more by terrorist groups, an assault which sadly has resulted in a large number of casualties," he said at a regionalRead more

At least 33 dead in Nigeria boat capsize

Kano - Emirates Voice

At least 33 people drowned after an overloaded boat carrying traders from Niger capsized in northwest Nigeria, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) told AFP on Friday. NEMA coordinator Suleiman Mohammed Karim said the accident happened in a remote area of Kebbi state on Wednesday morning. "Thirty-three bodies were salvaged from the river while 23 are still missing... We presumeRead more

Libya’s Haftar will not attend African Union exceptional summit

Benghazi - Fatima Al Saadawy

Khalifa Hafter’s reported refusal to go to Saturday’s meeting of other Libyan political leaders in Brazzaville will have frustrated Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou Nguesso who heads the African Union’s (AU) Libya committee. Since the committee’s four-day mission to Libya in June, Nguesso has been trying to organise a meeting of all Libya’s leading players. This will be the third AU mini summitRead more

Eight foreigners among dead in Burkina Faso attack

Abidjan - Emirates Voice

The "terrorist" attack on a restaurant in Burkina Faso killed at least 18 people including eight foreigners and seven locals, the country's foreign minister Alpha Barry said Monday. The foreigners killed in Sunday's attack included one Frenchman; one Canadian woman; male victims from Senegal, Niger, Lebanon and Turkey; and two Kuwaiti women, while three victims remain unidentified, he said.Read more