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Niger

News coverage about Niger accounts for 0.06% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of October 4, 2026. Output is down 12.2% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -0.51 — mildly negative.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 3 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.06%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-12.2%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.51
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Priority
~2-3h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Niger coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.06% on 2026-10-040.000.250.50Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Niger coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.51 on 2026-10-04+100-10Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (2/day latest)

Protest events located in Niger: 17 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-10-020.005.010.0Jul 6Jul 24Aug 29Sep 18Sep 22Oct 1Oct 2

Diplomacy (29/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Niger: 89 days, latest 29.00 on 2026-10-030.0050.0100Jul 6Jul 21Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 3

Coercion & force (4/day latest)

Coercive events located in Niger: 88 days, latest 4.00 on 2026-10-030.0050.0100Jul 6Jul 21Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 21Oct 3

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Niger, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 2% of the coverage about Niger came from outlets based in Niger — the rest was written from abroad (1,814 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Niger from domestic outlets (%): 90 days, latest 3.25 on 2026-10-030.005.010.0Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 3

Share of articles about Niger produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Niamey (5)
  • Mahaman (2)
  • Agadez (2)
  • Tahoua (2)
  • Arlit (2)
  • Dosso (2)
  • Birnin Gaoure (1)
  • Torodi (1)
  • Maine Soroa (1)
  • Djado (1)
  • Tibiri (1)
  • Ouallam (1)

Places named in coverage about Niger on 2026-10-04 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Niger

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$21.6B
World Bank, 2025
Population
27.9M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
33.9%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2.2%
World Bank, 2024

Armed conflict, trailing 12 months

Conflict fatalities
1,103
best estimate
Civilian deaths
309
within the above
Recorded events
132
organized violence

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED), window 2025-10-01..2026-09-30, refreshed monthly. Recent months are preliminary candidate data.

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
459,585
within the country
Refugees abroad
85,591
originating from Niger
Refugees hosted
385,986
from other countries
Asylum seekers
50,004
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Niger-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).