US EditionGermany Pulls Staff From Niger Amid Security Crisis
Germany evacuated embassy staff from Niger amid rising jihadist attacks and kidnappings, with 703 terrorism-related deaths in Niger in 2025, the Global Terrorism Report found.
- On Friday, the Government of Germany evacuated all diplomatic staff from its embassy in Niamey, relocating them outside Niger and suspending consular assistance, with citizens advised to contact the German Embassy in Burkina Faso.
- Rising jihadist control and a recent airbase attack prompted the decision as affiliates of al‑Qaeda and Islamic State staged a deadly attack on Niamey airbase last month.
- Data from the Global Terrorism Index show Niger recorded 703 deaths in 2025, more than half of them civilians, while worldwide terrorism deaths fell to 5,582 and attacks to 2,944.
- The U.S. ordered its embassy staff to leave in late January after a Niamey airport attack claimed by Islamic State, and Germany's recent evacuation follows this precedent, straining diplomatic ties.
- The Sahel region of Africa, which has become the 'global epicentre of terrorism,' accounted for nearly half of all terrorism-related deaths in 2025, with JNIM and Islamic State expanding in Niger’s Dosso region, Nsaibia said.
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The Federal Foreign Office has withdrawn its staff from the German Embassy in Niger, West Africa.
Germany pulls embassy staff out of Niger citing concerns over growing jihadist violence
Germany said on Friday it had temporarily pulled its diplomatic staff out of Niger because of the security situation in the west African nation, which is wracked by jihadist violence.
There is an increased threat of terror in Niger. The German Embassy is withdrawing its staff. The US Embassy has also withdrawn its staff.
In response to attacks by jihadist groups and the perceived high risk of kidnapping of foreign nationals in the country, Berlin has decided to relocate the staff of its diplomatic mission in Niger. All correspondence originating from Niamey should now be directed to the German Embassy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Berlin justifies its decision with a high risk of "abductions, violent crimes and terrorist attacks" especially against "Western nationals".
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