Boureima Balima

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Boureima Balima |Moussa Aksar

07 May 2025 - 16:20 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. A 'terrorist' attack in Niger's Dosso region this week killed about 10 soldiers and injured seven. Stock photo. About 10 soldiers were killed and seven injured in an attack in Niger's Dosso region this week, authorities said in a statement broadcast on state radio, while a security source told Reuters the death toll could be higher.

2 weeks ago | oafnation.com | Boureima Balima

PHOTO CAPTION: Illustrative photo — A Nigerien Special Forces Soldier pulls security while conducting a simulated raid during Flintlock 2022, in Côte d'Ivoire, Feb. 26, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kacie Benak via U.S. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)By Boureima Balima(Reuters) -     Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday.

2 weeks ago | kfgo.com | Boureima Balima

By Boureima Balima(Reuters) – Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday. The attack took place on Friday near the tri-border region of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, epicentre of a jihadist insurgency in West Africa linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State.

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Boureima Balima |Fadimata Kontao

Athens — West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a new three-state union after leaving the larger regional economic bloc, they said in a statement. The Alliance of Sahel States began in 2023 as a security pact between the military rulers of the three countries, who all took power in coups in recent years.

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Boureima Balima

Islamist militants killed at least 44 civilians and severely injured 13 others during an attack on a mosque in southwest Niger on Friday, the country's defence ministry said. The attack occurred during afternoon prayers in the village of Fombita in the rural commune of Kokorou, which is near the tri-border region of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali known as the epicentre of a jihadist insurgency in West Africa linked to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State.