Members of the Nigerien army walk near the motorcycles seized from the attackers, following an attack on Niamey International Airport, in Niamey, Niger January 29, 2026, in this screengrab from a ...

Niger's main airport in the capital Niamey was targeted in an attack claimed on Friday by the Islamic State (IS) group, a rare development in a country where jihadist violence is usually contained to ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Islamic State extremist group on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack in Niger on an air force base in the capital that wounded four soldiers and damaged an aircraft.

The incident took place in a village which is a few dozen kilometres from where militants killed four US soldiers in an ...

DAKAR — Islamic State militants set off explosions and roamed freely among passenger planes during an attack at Niger’s main international airport, according to footage distributed by SITE ...

Attackers rushed the militia’s camp near the village of Bakorat, provoking a gunfight lasting several hours until Nigerien ...

A drone picture shows a suburb following the attack on the international airport in Niamey, Niger January 30, 2026. REUTERS/ Mahamadou Hamidou DAKAR, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Islamic State militants set off ...

FILE- Motorcyclists ride by the entrance of the airport in Niamey, Niger, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File) (Sam Mednick, Copyright 2023 The ...