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Benin Coup Foiled: Hostages Freed, US Lifts Travel Warning

December 8, 2025
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Foiled Coup: ECOWAS Deploys Troops to Benin, Plotters Arrested

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday ordered the deployment of elements of its standby force to the Republic of Benin, hours after condemning what it...

December 8, 2025
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FULL LIST: African Coups in the Last Five Years

A military coup attempt in Benin on Sunday has added to a growing list of similar incidents across Africa. A group of soldiers announced they had ousted President Patrice...

Trump Threat Spurs Nigerian Forces to Step Up Northern Counter-terrorism

November 11, 2025
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Trump Threats: Troops Pound Terror Bases in Key States

The Nigerian military has intensified land and air operations in parts of the North following a threat by United States President Donald Trump to consider deploying American forces to...

July 10, 2025
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Troops Neutralise 24 Boko Haram Terrorists in Borno, Destroy Key Enclaves in Joint Offensive

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), in collaboration with the Air Component, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and local hunters, have neutralised 24 Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in...

March 24, 2025
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Troops Destroy Bandits’ Hideouts, Arrest Suspected Gunrunners In Taraba

Troops of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke, in collaboration with Sector 2 Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have destroyed bandits’ hideouts in military operations in Taraba and...

May 6, 2024
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Airstrikes Kill Terrorists In Niger, Borno — NAF

Airstrikes by the Air Components of Operations Hadin Kai and Whirl Punch in the Northeast and North Central respectively have neutralised terrorists and destroyed their structures, the Nigerian Air...

April 22, 2024
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Two Officers, Four Soldiers Killed In Niger Terrorist Ambush

The Nigerian Army Headquarters has confirmed that two officers and four soldiers were killed by terrorists in an ambush in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The...

March 17, 2024
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Niger ends military agreement with US, calls it ‘profoundly unfair’

Niger’s military government announced that it has ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense to operate in Niger...