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US aid worker kidnapped in Niger, taken towards Mali INTERNATIONAL

US aid worker kidnapped in Niger, taken towards Mali

Gunmen raided the house of a US aid worker in central Niger on Friday night, killing his guard and housekeeper before driving him across the desert towards Mali, the interior ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Gunmen kidnap US aid worker in Niger, take him towards Mali INTERNATIONAL

Gunmen kidnap US aid worker in Niger, take him towards Mali

Gunmen raided the house of a US aid worker in central Niger overnight, killing his two guards before driving him off across the desert towards Mali, the mayor of the town said on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Niger, Chad armies kill 38 Boko Haram fighters INTERNATIONAL

Niger, Chad armies kill 38 Boko Haram fighters

Soldiers from Niger and Chad have killed 38 Boko Haram fighters during operations that followed attacks by the Nigerian Islamist group on two border towns in southeastern Niger earlier this week, Niger's army said on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Clash with Boko Haram in Niger kills five soldiers, 30 militants INTERNATIONAL

Clash with Boko Haram in Niger kills five soldiers, 30 militants

Thirty members of Boko Haram and five Nigerien soldiers have been killed in fighting in the southeastern Diffa region of Niger, the defense ministry said in a statement late on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Boko Haram attack in southeastern Niger kills 32 soldiers INTERNATIONAL

Boko Haram attack in southeastern Niger kills 32 soldiers

Thirty soldiers from Niger and two from Nigeria were killed in a Boko Haram attack by "hundreds of assailants" on Friday on the southeastern town of Bosso close to the border with Nigeria, the Niger defence ministry said on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Tight security for tense Niger vote INTERNATIONAL

Tight security for tense Niger vote

Niger voted yesterday amid tight security in an election in which President Mahamadou Issoufou has promised a “knockout” blow to his opponents, who are already crying foul after a tense campaign.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Freed Australian hostage returns to Burkina Faso INTERNATIONAL

Freed Australian hostage returns to Burkina Faso

An elderly Australian woman kidnapped by Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in Burkina Faso arrived in Ouagadougou after being freed following mediation by Niger, which is now trying to secure her husband's release.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Australian woman freed after kidnap by al Qaeda in Burkina Faso INTERNATIONAL

Australian woman freed after kidnap by al Qaeda in Burkina Faso

An elderly Australian woman kidnapped with her husband in Burkina Faso by a group affiliated to al Qaeda has been freed, neighbouring Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016