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Niger

HighScore 6Compound crisesOpen the map

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    42

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    1.5

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    36%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    11

  • Population

    27.9 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level4

  • +3UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole countryUK FCDO travel advice
  • +16 deaths in organised violence in the last 30 daysUCDP GED Candidate
  • +12.8 million people in crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+)FEWS NET
  • +1Compound crisis: organised violence, official travel advice, food insecurity at the same timeARMSMA situation watch

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Violence deaths, 30 days

    6

  • Internet outage alerts, 24 h

    1

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    4

  • Violence incidents, 30 days

    1

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    2 750 000

  • Refugees who fled

    107 253

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Niger, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 64%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 36%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
2.8 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
10%
2026-08
Undernourishment
12.9%
2023
Refugees who fled
107,253
2025
Refugees hosted
435,990
2025
Internally displaced
459,585
2025
Sanctions designations
5
2026-09-28
GDP per person
$775
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence11

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-29NiameyUnidentified armed group (Niger) — Unidentified armed group (Niger)60Agence France Presse, The Pioneer, @Wamaps_news
2026-08-23Kabobi (Maradi region) --- Kabobi, in the Madarounfa department (Maradi Region)Unidentified armed group (Niger) — Civilians66@Wamaps_news, @hamid_gade
2026-08-23Boulakana (Diffa region)IS — Civilians55@Wamaps_news, @hamid_gade
2026-08-22N'Guel Kolo villageIS — Civilians44@Wamaps_news
2026-08-21Tessa, a rural commune in Dosso Region, near the Niger-Nigeria borderGovernment of Niger — IS180Agence France Presse, @ZagazOlaMakama, @Wamaps_news
2026-08-15town of Siguidim/Seguédine, Agadez regionGovernment of Niger — MPLJ30Crisis Watch, @Wamaps_news, BBC Monitoring News Alert
2026-08-06Gaya-Malgorou axis and in the surrounding sectorsUnidentified armed group (Niger) — Unidentified armed group (Niger)00Aïr-Info Agadez Facbook
2026-08-06BazazagaUnidentified armed group (Niger) — Unidentified armed group (Niger)00Aïr-Info Agadez Facbook
2026-08-06Tamou-Say axis --- west of MossipagaUnidentified armed group (Niger) — Unidentified armed group (Niger)00Aïr-Info Agadez Facbook
2026-08-05GaigarouUnidentified armed group (Niger) — Unidentified armed group (Niger)00Aïr-Info Agadez Facbook
2026-08-04southeast of Garey Garey, near SamiraUnidentified armed group (Niger) — Unidentified armed group (Niger)00Aïr-Info Agadez Facbook

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days5

  • Niger: Islamic State18
  • IS - Civilians9
  • Unidentified armed group (Niger)6
  • Unidentified armed group (Niger) - Civilians6
  • Niger: Government3

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days1

  • FloodFlood in Nigeria · Sep 22, 2026

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Niger: Avoid all travel

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS