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• Malian National pleads guilty to killing US Military official in Niger Carjacking

  The Malian national who escaped twice is expected to spend years in jail after professing that he's guilty of the crime happened in 2000.

• Niger opposition refuses to recognize initial presidential election results

  The opposition party of the current government in Niger will not accept the initial results of the presidential elections. The CENI though claims that the elections were based on an international standard.

• Niger Opposition party backs out of presidential run-off due to alleged rigged election results

  Niger's opposition party has withdrawn its candidate to run for presidential election. They claimed that there is a rigged coalition happening with the election process.

• Niger opposition figure arrested after returning from exile

  Niger opposition leader Hama Amadou was arrested when he flew in to the capital on Saturday as security forces blocked off the airport, a year after he fled the country when sought by investigators probing a child trafficking ring.

• Cameroon repatriating 12,000 Nigerian refugees

  About 12,000 Nigerians are being repatriated over the next three to four days after seeking refuge in Cameroon from attacks by Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Nigeria's state emergency agency said on Wednesday.

• Nigeria's president must prosecute crimes by rebels, army: U.N.

  The United Nations' top human rights official called on Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday to investigate reports of horrifying crimes by Boko Haram Islamist rebels and alleged abuses by the military.

• Niger passes law to tackle migrant smuggling, first in West Africa

  Niger has approved a law against the smuggling of migrants in an effort to stem the deadly flow of vulnerable Africans across its vast desert north, many of them headed toward Libya and on to Europe.

• Nigeria’s offensive against Boko Haram slowed by landmines

  Nigeria's military is confident it has Boko Haram cornered, but a final push to clear the Islamist militants from their forest hideouts is being hampered by landmines, it said on Saturday.

• African troops' morale 'sky high' as they push back Boko Haram

  "Boko Haram is finished" shouted a jubilant soldier from Niger as his comrades danced and waved their rifles in the air to celebrate the liberation of the northern Nigerian town of Damasak.

• Thousands protest Boko Haram, support army in Cameroon

  Thousands of people marched in Cameroon's capital on Saturday to protest against Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgency and support the Central African nation's army, which is fighting alongside regional neighbors to defeat the Islamist group.

• African nations pledge 8,700 for anti-Boko Haram force

  African nations pulling together a regional force to fight Nigeria's Boko Haram militants on Saturday pledged 8,700 soldiers, policemen and civilians, an increase from earlier estimates for the mission.

• Regional leaders step up Boko Haram fight with troops, command center

  Leaders of Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Benin on Tuesday announced plans to step up the fight against Boko Haram with an additional battalion and a command center to tackle the militants whose insurgency has spread beyond Nigeria, a statement said.