2025 in Niger

12 January – An Austrian woman Eva Gretzmacher is abducted by unidentified gunmen in Agadez.^[1]
21 January – Four Moroccan truck drivers abducted along the border with Burkina Faso on 18 January are released.^[2]
22 January – Defense minister Salifou Mody announces the creation of a joint military force with Burkina Faso and Mali to combat extremist groups.^[3]
29 January – Niger, along with Burkina Faso and Mali, formally leave ECOWAS.^[4]

3 February – At least 20 soldiers conducting an operation against cattle thieves are killed in an ambush in Takzat.^[5]
6 February – The junta orders the expulsion of the International Committee of the Red Cross from Niger without providing an explanation.^[6]
20 February – The National Conference tasked with advising the junta officially recommends the banning of all existing political parties, a maximum of five political parties to be created, and a transition to civilian rule in five years.^[7]

8 March – Niger orders the expulsion of three Chinese oil officials from CNPC, WAPCo, and SORAZ, citing disputes over pay and project delays.^[8]
17 March – Niger withdraws from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.^[9]
21 March – Forty-four people are killed in an attack on the village of Fambita, near the border with Mali and Burkina Faso, that is blamed on Islamic State – Sahel Province.^[10]^[11]
26 March – Abdourahamane Tchiani is formally sworn in as president as part of the five-year political transition process prescribed by the new constitution.^[12]
30 March – The junta announces Niger's withdrawal from the Multinational Joint Task Force fighting armed Islamist groups in the Lake Chad region.^[13]

1 April – The junta releases 50 people, including four ministers and other officials associated with deposed president Mohamed Bazoum.^[14]^[15]
6 April – Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali withdraw their ambassadors from Algeria as part of protests against claims by Algiers that it had shot down a drone near the Malian border on 31 March.^[16]
13 April – A Swiss national Claudia Abbt is abducted by unidentified gunmen in Agadez.^[17]
25 April – Twelve soldiers are killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen near Sakoira^[18] in which five Indian nationals are also abducted.^[19]

5 May – Ten soldiers are killed while seven others are injured in an ambush by militants in Dosso Region.^[20]

16 June – The army raids jihadist-controlled illegal gold mining sites near Tagueye, killing 13 insurgents and arresting one.^[21]
19 June –
- At least 34 soldiers are killed in an attack by gunmen on vehicles in Banibangou.^[22]
- The government orders the nationalization of the SOMAIR uranium venture operated by the French firm Orano, accusing the latter of taking a disproportionate share of the uranium produced under the project.^[23]

15 July – Two Indian nationals are killed, while a third is abducted by gunmen in Dosso Region.^[24]

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