Niger jihadists on motorbikes massacre 137 villagers: Gunmen ‘shot anything that moved’ in raid

Scores of villagers have been killed by motorbike-riding gunmen in the deadliest jihadist massacre ever to hit Niger.  Government spokesman Zakaria Abdourahamane said 137 people had died in Sunday’s raids in villages in the Tahoua region, near Niger’s border with Mali. Gunmen arriving on motorbikes attacked the villages of Intazayene, Bakorat and Wistane on Sunday, … Read more

Nigerian farmers can sue Shell in England over Niger Delta oil spills, supreme court rules

Thousands of Nigerian farmers and fishermen can sue Royal Dutch Shell in English law courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta, Supreme Court judges have ruled. The Ogale and Bille communities living along the Niger Delta allege their lives and health have suffered because repeated oil spills have contaminated the land, swamps, … Read more

American missionary is kidnapped during night-time raid in Niger

An American citizen was kidnapped near the rural town of Birnin Konni in southern Niger in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Six gunmen armed with Kalashnikovs tied up the rest of the man’s family so they could not inform authorities, meaning police were not aware that the kidnapping had taken place for about four hours.   … Read more