News Niger Agadez Region: First Reception Centre for Victims of Trafficking Opens in Niger
Niger, a major migratory hub in West and Central Africa ... sets out to build three different reception centres for victims of trafficking in the regions of Zinder, Agadez and Niamey. After having ...
News Niger Agadez Region: Africa: Interview On Plight of People On the Move in Agadez, Niger
Interview - Niger has been on Africa's migration route for centuries, and particularly the Agadez region. In recent years, travellers heading north have been joined by thousands of people moving south, either expelled from Algeria or returning from Libya.
News Niger Agadez Region: Niger: Attackers kill 16 soldiers in Inates military camp attack
France and the United States have deployed thousands of troops to the region. The US has a big base for drones in the northern city of Agadez and Niger recently gave Washington permission to arm their ...
News Niger Agadez Region: Europe’s invisible new border
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso ... The preservation of economic interests in the region, the expansion of security trade and Europe’s ‘atavistic refusal to form mixed societies’, in the words of the ...
News Niger Agadez Region: United States army vehicle damaged in mine explosion in Niger
A US army vehicle was damaged in a mine explosion in western Niger, but there were no fatalities, and the US military was investigating whether the incident was hostile, embassy and local security forces said on Sunday. The incident occurred in Ouallam in the Tillaberi region, not far from the border with Mali, where four US soldiers and five Niger soldiers were killed in an ambush in 2017, according to the sources.
News Niger Agadez Region: Roadside Blast in Niger That Hit Americans Shows Growing Threat, Officials Say
Despite military efforts in the region, including a concerted ... a large drone base outside the city of Agadez. In 2018, the Pentagon said it would start withdrawing some forces from Africa, ...
News Niger Agadez Region: Surrounded by chaos, Niger is a nation on the edge
The most recent, which ended a decade ago, left an abiding scar across the largest of Niger’s eight regions, Agadez. Until then, the city of Agadez had been a tourist gateway to the Sahara, receiving ...
News Niger Agadez Region: A New African Country Stands Between Europe and Instability
Niger is at the heart of international counter-terrorism strategies for the region. U.S. civilian presence has roughly trebled over the past decade. The U.S. Air Force is building a $110 million base ...
News Niger Agadez Region: Niger Price Bulletin, April 2019
Maradi, Tounfafi, and Diffa are regional assembly and cross-border markets for Niger and other countries in the region ... areas regularly buy their food. Agadez and Zinder are also important ...