This article lists events from the year 2021 in
Niger.
Incumbents
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President
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Mahamadou Issoufou
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Mohamed Bazoum, starting April 2
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Prime Minister:
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Brigi Rafini
Brigi Rafini (born 7 April 1953) is a Nigerien politician who served as the Prime Minister of Niger from 2011 to 2021. A native of Iférouane in Agadez Region and an ethnic Tuareg,[2021 Nigerien coup d'état attempt
The 2021 Nigerien coup d'etat attempt occurred on 31 March at around 3 am West Africa Time, WAT (2 am Coordinated Universal Time, UTC) after gunfire erupted in the streets of Niamey, the capital of Niger, two days before the inauguration of List ...]
*April 2 –
Mohamed Bazoum is sworn in as president after 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
*October 13 - Mosque massacre kills 10 in Tillaberi.
*November 7 -
Niger gold mine collapse
On 7 November 2021, a collapse at an artisanal gold mine in Niger killed at least 32 miners. The mine is located in the impoverished Maradi Region.
Disaster
Adamou Gueraou, mayor of Dan-Issa district told Agence France-Presse “The provisional ...
*November 8 -
Maradi school fire
On 8 November 2021, a classroom in a primary school caught fire in the city of Maradi in southern Niger. As a result, 26 children were killed and more than fourteen were injured.
According to Maradi Governor Chaibou Aboubacar, the fire in thr ...
Scheduled and planned events
Culture
Deaths
See also
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COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
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Economic Community of West African States
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Community of Sahel–Saharan States
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G5 Sahel
G5 Sahel or G5S (french: G5 du Sahel) is an institutional framework for coordination of regional cooperation in development policies and security matters in west Africa. It was formed on 16 February 2014 in Nouakchott, Mauritania, at a summit of ...
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Boko Haram
Boko Haram, officially known as ''Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād'' ( ar, جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit=Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad), is an Islamic terrorist organization ...
References
External links
Niger - Election Just the Start of Challenges for New President (By Cristina Krippahl, DW, December 22, 2020)
{{Year in Africa, 2021
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