2025 in Niger

This article lists events from the year '''2025 in Niger.'''

Incumbents

Ongoing:

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

3 February – At least 20 soldiers conducting an operation against cattle thieves are killed in an ambush in Takzat.
6 February – The junta orders the expulsion of the International Committee of the Red Cross from Niger without providing an explanation.
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.

8 March – Niger orders the expulsion of three Chinese oil officials from CNPC, WAPCo, and SORAZ, citing disputes over pay and project delays.
17 March – Niger withdraws from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.
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.
26 March – Abdourahamane Tchiani is formally sworn in as president as part of the five-year political transition process prescribed by the new constitution.
30 March – The junta announces Niger's withdrawal from the Multinational Joint Task Force fighting armed Islamist groups in the Lake Chad region.

1 April – The junta releases 50 people, including four ministers and other officials associated with deposed president Mohamed Bazoum.
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.
13 April – A Swiss national Claudia Abbt is abducted by unidentified gunmen in Agadez.
25 April – Twelve soldiers are killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen near Sakoira in which five Indian nationals are also abducted.

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

16 June – The army raids jihadist-controlled illegal gold mining sites near Tagueye, killing 13 insurgents and arresting one.
19 June –
*At least 34 soldiers are killed in an attack by gunmen on vehicles in Banibangou.
*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.

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

15 August – Ibrahim Mahamadou aka Bakoura, said to be the leader of Boko Haram since 2021, is reported killed in an airstrike by the Niger Air Force in Shilawa.
20 August – At least 47 people are killed, while around 56,000 are displaced due to flooding caused by heavy rains nationwide.

10 September – At least 14 soldiers are killed in an ambush by unknown militants in Tillabéri Region.
17 September – At least 22 people are killed in an attack on a baptism ceremony in Tillabéri Region.
22 September – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger jointly announce their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing it of selective justice.
26 September – At least 30 people are killed in an airstrike near a weekly market in Tillabéri Region.

21 October – An American missionary is abducted by unidentified individuals in Niamey.
31 October – The United States issues a Level 4 advisory for Niger, and authorizes the departure of diplomats’ family members.

19 November – JNIM carries out an attack in the Tillabéri Region that results in at least ten Nigerien soldiers killed.

16 December – US President Donald Trump issues a proclamation barring Nigerien nationals from entering the United States.
21 December – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger launch a joint security force headquartered in Niamey under the auspices of the Alliance of Sahel States.
26 December – The junta decrees a general mobilization of the public and requisition of resources as part of efforts against the Islamist insurgency.