Niamey

Type: City
Name: Niamey
Country: Niger
Latitude: 13.52
Longitude: 2.12
population: 774,245
First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 38 mins ago - 23 reports

26 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger

NIAMEY, Niger -- Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according ... [Published Erie Times-News - 1 hour ago]
First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 7 reports

At least 18 soldiers, four Islamists killed in Niger: sources

NIAMEY (Reuters) - At least 18 soldiers and four suspected Islamists were killed in a fierce gunbattle following a dawn car bomb attack at a barracks in the northern Niger town of Agadez, military sources and a local official said."There are 18 soldiers ... [Published GlobalPost - 9 hours ago]
First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 4 reports

Treating Cholera Patients in Northern Niger

Mangaïzé (right) and Ayorou (left), where MSF has opened two cholera treatment centers.Cholera has broken out in northern Niger, in an area now inhabited by large numbers of Malian refugees who fled conflict in their homeland.Doctors Without Borders/Médecins ... [Published MSF-USA - 2 hours ago]
First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

Belmoktar claimsresponsibility for Niger attack

Niamey, Niger - Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to ... [Published Lucianne.com - 3 hours ago]
First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

World News Highlights

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will vow today to be more open to the public about the US fight against terrorism and may lay out limits for the use of lethal drones abroad while sketching a vision for closing the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, ... [Published Chennai Online - 4 hours ago]
First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 23

NIAMEY -- Twenty-five people were killed and 30 got injured after two suicide bombs on Thursday hit a military base and a plant run by French nuclear giant Areva in northern Niger, souces said. (Niger-Death-Suicide)- - - -TEHRAN -- Iran's foreign ministry ... [Published CHINAdaily - 12 hours ago]
Entities: Niamey, Iran, AREVA Group
First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

5/24/2013: HTWORLD: Twin car bombings hit Nigerian mine; 10 dead

NIAMEY: Twin car bombings at an army base and a French-run uranium mine in northern Niger killed at least 10 people Thursday, in unprecedented attacks claimed by ... [Published Hindustan Times - 5 hours ago]
Entities: Bombing, Niamey, Army base
First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

5/24/2013: HT BUSINESS: 19 killed in attack on Niger base; hostages reported

NIAMEY: Eighteen soldiers and a civilian were killed in a car bomb attack on a military base in Niger on Thursday, the interior minister said, adding that one of the assailants had taken several trainee officers hostage. “We have 19 dead in Agadez, 1 ... [Published Hindustan Times - 6 hours ago]
First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 3 reports

Islamist bombers kill 20 in Niger attacks (AFP)

NIAMEY (AFP) - Islamist militants staged twin suicide car bombings on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, killing at least 20 people in retaliation for the country's military involvement in neighbouring Mali. ... [Published Yahoo! News Australia - 7 hours ago]
Entities: Niger, Bomber, Niamey, Army base
First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 reports

Islamist assault on Niger army base over: government (AFP)

NIAMEY (AFP) - The last member of an Islamist commando that killed 19 people in an assault on a Niger army base Thursday has been "neutralised", Defence Minister Mahamadou Karidjo said. ... [Published Yahoo! News Australia - 7 hours ago]
Entities: Army base, Niger, Assault
First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Al Qaeda Twin Bomb Attacks In Niger Kill 25

Up to 25 people have been killed and others taken hostage in twin attacks on a military base and a uranium mine in Niger. Niger's defence minister said 19 of the country's soldiers were killed and another 16 injured when a suicide bomber detonated a car ... [Published The Sydney News - 12 hours ago]
Entities: Niger, Al-Qaeda, Bomb
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 2 reports

AFRICA/NIGER - Fear of further outbreaks of cholera in refugee camps

Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - In Niger, a cholera epidemic has affected 248 people in Ayorou, in the northwestern region of Tillabéry. According to the health offices of Tillabéry and the United Nations Agency for Refugees (UNHCR), six deaths have been recorded ... [Published Agenzia Fides - 17 hours ago]

Quotes

"We will let nothing pass and will support Niger's authorities to end the hostage-taking and to annihilate the group that carried out these attacks" he told reporters
...Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), a group allied with Al-Qaida's North African branch AQIM in their nine-month occupation of northern Mali. "The situation is under control and the search for other assailants is ongoing. The development of events will be made known to the public" the communique said
"Company managers told us the suicide bomber was killed in the explosion" he said
"A spokesman for the Niger government, Morou Amadou, said the attacks were by Islamist militants, probably from al Qaeda's north Africa wing, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) or its spin-off West African group The MovementMovement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), which seized control of neighboring north Mali last year."

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Niger Islamists kill 21 in suicide attacks [Published Eye Witness News - 1 hour ago]
26 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger [Published Erie Times-News - 1 hour ago]
Islamists kill 21 in suicide attacks in Niger [Published The Malaysian Insider - 2 hours ago]
25 people killed, 30 injured in suicide attacks... [Published People.com.cn - 2 hours ago]
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25 people killed, 30 injured in suicide attacks... [Published Chongqing News Net - 2 hours ago]
Treating Cholera Patients in Northern Niger [Published MSF-USA - 2 hours ago]
Belmoktar claimsresponsibility for Niger attack [Published Lucianne.com - 3 hours ago]
Niger: Jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers attack u... [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - 3 hours ago]
Niger: Jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers attack u... [Published Jihad Watch - 4 hours ago]
World News Highlights [Published Chennai Online - 4 hours ago]
Suicide attacks on army barracks kill 20 in Niger [Published Oman Tribune - 4 hours ago]
Belmoktar claims responsibility for Niger attack [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - 4 hours ago]
MSF: Treating cholera patients in northern Niger [Published H5N1 - 5 hours ago]
5/24/2013: HTWORLD: Twin car bombings hit Niger... [Published Hindustan Times - 5 hours ago]
5/24/2013: HT BUSINESS: 19 killed in attack on ... [Published Hindustan Times - 6 hours ago]
Militants kill 20 in Niger [Published Qatar Peninsula - 6 hours ago]
Islamist bombers kill 20 in Niger attacks [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 6 hours ago]
Islamist bombers kill 20 in Niger attacks (AFP) [Published Yahoo! News Australia - 7 hours ago]
Bombings claim 10 [Published Zimbabwe Herald - 7 hours ago]
Niger: Car Bomb Blasts Kill 17 Soldiers [Published Eurasia Review - 7 hours ago]
Islamist assault on Niger army base over: gover... [Published Yahoo! News Australia - 7 hours ago]
Islamist assault on Niger army base over: gover... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - 7 hours ago]
19 killed in attack on Niger base, hostages sei... [Published Lebanon Daily Star - 8 hours ago]
Islamists kill 21 in suicide attacks in Niger [Published Sharenet - 9 hours ago]
Islamist bombers kill 20 in Niger attacks, seiz... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - 9 hours ago]
At least 18 soldiers, four Islamists killed in ... [Published GlobalPost - 9 hours ago]
Containing cholera in Niger [Published SocioLingo Africa - 10 hours ago]
Suicide bombers kill 20 in Niger attacks – Isla... [Published Kuwait Times - 11 hours ago]
Niger: Two bomb attacks rock Niger [Published Afrique En Ligne - 11 hours ago]
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Niger: Jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers attack u... [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - 3 hours ago]
attacking uranium mines?? that will NOT end well when islam is involved,, thanks to JihadWatch for this Niger: Jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers attack uranium mine, military barracks "A spokesman for the Niger government, Morou Amadou, said ...
Niger: Jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers attack u... [Published Jihad Watch - 4 hours ago]
"A spokesman for the Niger government, Morou Amadou, said the attacks were by Islamist militants, probably from al Qaeda's north Africa wing, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) or its spin-off West African group The Movement for Unity and Jihad in ...
MSF: Treating cholera patients in northern Niger [Published H5N1 - 5 hours ago]
Via MSF: Treating Cholera Patients in Northern Niger. Excerpt:Cholera has broken out in northern Niger, in an area now inhabited by large numbers of Malian refugees who fled conflict in their homeland.Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ...
Containing cholera in Niger [Published SocioLingo Africa - 10 hours ago]
Containing cholera in Niger NIAMEY, 22 May (IRIN) – Cholera has struck 248 people in Ayorou in the Tillabéry Region of northwestern Niger, killing six, two of them Malian refugees. Among the...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full ...
26 Killed in 2 Simultaneous Car Bombs in Niger [Published The China Blog - 14 hours ago]
(NIAMEY, Niger) — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and ...
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