Seriously affected by the Sahel security crisis in recent years, a coup d’état in July 2023 risks further exacerbating humanitarian needs and security risks for aid agencies in Niger.
Insecurity Insight monitors sentiment towards the aid sector on social media and documents conflict events affecting aid operations, education, food and water systems, health care and protection in Niger.
Our data can be downloaded on the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) and corresponding reports can be accessed below.
27 October-09 November 2025
To support the humanitarian response in the Sahel, Insecurity Insight is conducting ongoing social media monitoring to understand sentiments on key issues expressed via social media. This document on Niger presents the findings of some 1,500 Facebook posts during the coup d’état in Niger of 26 July 2023. The aim was to identify possible misinformation, disinformation or malformation targeting the aid sector and online sentiment trends that could be indicative of possible risks for international aid organisations as a result of the coup. It found that pro-coup opinions tended to dominate debates about the coup on Facebook but that significant numbers of profiles of people from countries such as Burkina Faso and Mali without direct connections to Niger were contributing to this.
Insecurity Insight monitors attacks on health care in Niger, and based on its data, the Niger (in English and French) chapter of the 2024 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) report Epidemic of Violence identified 15 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in 2024. In these incidents, health facilities were set on fire and medical supplies looted. Three health workers were killed and three kidnapped.
– Escalating insecurity and deepened humanitarian crisis strained health care systems.
– A suspected Niger Armed Forces drone strike hit a clinic treating victims of an earlier market attack in Tillabéri town.
– Inadequate access to quality health services is a key driver of malnutrition.
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Published every two weeks, Insecurity Insight’s Attacks on Health Care New Brief tracks global threats and violence as well as protests and other events affecting the delivery of and access to health care. Explore our interactive map to see where incidents happened.
Insecurity Insight monitors conflict events contributing to food insecurity in Niger as part of its conflict and hunger project. This report documents 697 incidents recorded between 1 January 2015-28 September 2023. Among reported incidents are those involving the looting (i.e. stealing) of livestock; the burning of granaries and markets; killings and abductions of farmers, pastoralists and fishers; and violent clashes between sedentary farmers and nomadic pastoralists. Restrictions imposed on cross-border movements following Niger’s military coup in July 2023 have led to the suspension of some food aid deliveries and have exacerbated difficulties for civilians in accessing food, especially members of vulnerable demographic groups. The data is available for download on HDX.
