Niger has been fighting a militant Islamist insurgency for a decade and in January suspected jihadists attacked the same airport.

Gunfire erupted early on Thursday at the airport in Niger's capital, Niamey, residents told AFP, several months after a major jihadist attack at the facility.

Gunfire erupted early on Thursday at the airport in Niger's capital, Niamey, residents told AFP, several months after a major jihadist attack at the facility.

Gunmen attacked the main airport in Niger's capital of Niamey early Thursday morning, leading to an exchange of fire and explosions, witnesses and a security official said.

Gunmen have attacked Niger's main international airport in Niamey, but troops promptly repelled the assault and launched a pursuit of fleeing assailants.

Niger's security forces engaged in an hours-long shootout with gunmen at the nation's main international airport. No one has taken responsibility but Islamists are suspected of being behind the attack.

An attack on the international airport in Niger's capital Thursday killed at least 11 soldiers and two civilians, officials said, months after jihadists staged a large assault on the sensitive site

Gunmen struck Niamey's main airport before security forces repelled the assault. The attack underscores persistent militant pressure on a strategic Sahel military hub.

Explosions and gunfire lasting more than an hour erupted early Thursday morning at Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger.

There was pandemonium on Thursday morning when gunfire erupted at the airport in Niger’s capital, Niamey, several months after a major jihadist

Gunmen attacked the main airport in Niger's capital early Thursday, killing 11 soldiers and two civilians in an exchange of fire that also left 22 of the attackers dead, authorities said. Niger’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that the attack in Niamey was foiled and that 20 suspects were…

NIAMEY, June 18 - Soldiers in Niger searched for militants around the airport and military airbase in the capital Niamey on Thursday after explosions and sustained gunfire were heard in what a security source described as an apparent attack on the facility. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nigerien security forces have launched a series of arrests following Thursday's explosion and gunfire incident around Diori Hamani International