Niger

News coverage about Niger accounts for 0.025% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is up 36.8% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -3.07 — negative.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.025%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+36.8%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-3.07
negative
Refresh tier
Priority
~2-3h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Niger coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.03% on 2026-08-200.000.100.20May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Niger coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -3.07 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Niger: 12 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-110.002.55.0Jun 3Jun 18Jun 20Jul 6Jul 20Jul 30Aug 11

Diplomacy (19/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Niger: 83 days, latest 19.00 on 2026-08-190.0050.0100May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 9Jul 23Aug 7Aug 19

Coercion & force (9/day latest)

Coercive events located in Niger: 84 days, latest 9.00 on 2026-08-190.0050.0100May 26Jun 10Jun 24Jul 8Jul 22Aug 6Aug 19

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 (1,672 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Niger from domestic outlets (%): 48 days, latest 1.61 on 2026-08-190.005.010.0Jul 3Jul 11Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 12Aug 19

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 (17)
  • Nasarawa (6)
  • Tahoua (5)
  • Adamawa (2)
  • Dosso (2)
  • Kontagora (1)
  • Kaloum (1)
  • Tillaberi (1)
  • Garin Idi (1)
  • Koure (1)
  • Malbaza (1)
  • Agadez (1)

Places named in coverage about Niger on 2026-08-19 (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
1,139
best estimate
Civilian deaths
375
within the above
Recorded events
136
organized violence

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED), window 2025-08-01..2026-07-31, 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”).