Aid al-Adha and Tabaski will be celebrated on June 6, announced on May 28 by the Islamic council of Niger after the observation of the lunar croissant Dhoul Hijja 1446 on the hégirien calendar; Nigerian population is invited to multiply good actions

Meteorite NWA16788, with 24,7kg the largest Martian rock ever found on Earth, discovered in the Agadez Region in 2023, was auctioned in New York for $4,3m; Niger’s government has launched an investigation into eventual illicit trafficking

The US embassy in Niamey is suspending all routine visa services until further notice; the pause covers all immigrant and non-immigrant visa categories, citing "concerns with the Government of Niger"

Over 1.800 migrants were apprehended in Algerian cities, bused to a remote desert area known as “Point Zero” and left at the Nigerien border in a record expulsion earlier this month, according to Niger-based migrant rights group said and Alarmphone Sahara

Niger quit Multinational Joint Task Force, fighting armed Islamist groups in Lake Chad area, further splitting from former allies; the decision to exit the force was announced on state television as due to the intent to reinforce security at oil sites