2021 in Niger

Incumbents

• President
• *Mahamadou Issoufou
• *Mohamed Bazoum, starting April 2
• Prime Minister: Brigi Rafini

Events

January to June

• January 2 – One hundred people including dozens of civilians, 2021 [Niger attacks|were killed] by unidentified terrorists in Tchombangou and Zaroumdareye in Tillabéri Region.
• January 4 – Three days of mourning are declared for the victims of the January 2 terrorist attacks.
• February 21 – 2020–21 Nigerien general election second round. Seven members of the National Electoral Commission are killed and three injured when their car hits an explosive device in Dargol.
• February 24 – Opposition leader Mahamane Ousmane declares he won the election the day after the Independent National Electoral Commission announced former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum had won. CENI says Bazoum had 55.75% of the vote and Ousmane had 44.25%, but the latter claims there was fraud.
• February 26 – Mohamed Bazoum rules out a power-sharing deal with the opposition and blames it for bringing children from rural areas for post-election protests. Two people died and 400 were arrested during election violence.
• March 8 – President Mahamadou Issoufou wins the 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
• March 17 – 58 people were killed when gunmen attacked a bus in Tillabéri Region.
• March 21 – Suspected jihadists attack three villages in Tahoua Region, killing 137.
• March 31 – 2021 Nigerien coup d'état attempt
• April 2 – Mohamed Bazoum is sworn in as president after a failed coup attempt.
• April 3 – The Niger human rights commission calls for an independent inquiry following alleged rapes, including that of an 11-year-old girl, by Chadian soldiers deployed to help fight armed groups.

July to December

• July 12 – An attack in the Tchoma Bangou village kills five civilians and four soldiers. 40 attackers were also killed during the attack.
• July 25 – Armed Assailants attacked the villages of Wiye and Deykoukou in the Tillabéri region, killing at least 33 civilians.
• July 31 – Militants linked to Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin ambushed a Nigerien military convoy near Torodi, killing 18 soldiers and one civilian.
• August 16 – Armed assailants kill 37 people in the village of Darey Dey.
• August 20 – Gunmen attacked a mosque during Friday prayers in Theim. Tillabéri Reigon, killing at least 17 worshippers.
• August 25 – Militants aligned with Boko Haram attacked a military post in the Diffa Region, killing 16 soldiers and injuring 9 more. About 50 militants were killed in the resulting combat.
• October 13 – Mosque massacre kills 10 in Tillaberi.
• November 4 – 69 people, including the town mayor, were killed after gunmen ambushed a delegation in Banibangou.
• November 7 – Niger gold mine collapse
• November 8 – 26 schoolchildren were killed and 13 others were injured during a school fire in Maradi.
• November 27 – Two people were killed and 18 more were injured after protesters clashed with a French military convoy after it crossed the border from Burkina Faso.