Niamey
PARIS/NIAMEY - Terrorist organization Al Qaeda Thursday claimed a role in the kidnapping of two Frenchmen in Niger this weekend that led to the mens' death as French troops tried to free them.
NIAMEY, Niger - The French military flew reconnaissance jets over the Sahara on Monday in search of seven foreign workers who authorities fear were kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants near a French-operated uranium mine.
PARIS - Armed assailants, operating under cover of night, kidnapped five French nationals and two Africans working in Niger for the French nuclear reactor builder Areva, French authorities said Thursday.
NIAMEY, Niger - Police in Niger say armed gunmen believed linked to al-Qaida's North Africa branch have kidnapped one Frenchmen and one Algerian citizen in the north of the country.
NIAMEY, Niger - Niger's police director says police have arrested more than 600 people in an effort to crackdown on recent crime and insecurity in the capital.
