Terrorist groups - foreign based:
al-Mulathamun Battalion: aim(s): replace Niger's national regional governments with an Islamic state area(s) of operation: conducts attacks against Nigerien Military personnel; targets Westerners for kidnappings for ransom
al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM): aim(s): replace the Niger Government with Sharia and, ultimately, establish a regional Islamic caliphate across all of North and West Africa area(s) of operation: active throughout the country; conducts attacks against Nigerien Military personnel; kidnaps Westerners for ransom
Boko Haram: aim(s): replace the Niger Government with an Islamic state and, ultimately, establish an Islamic caliphate across Africa; violently opposes any polical or social activity associated with Western society, including voting, attending secular schools, and wearing Western dress area(s) of operation: conducts kidnappings, bombings, and assaults; responsible for displacing thousands of people and contributing to food insecurity, especially in the southeastern Diffa region; on 3 June 2016, the group conducted its deadliest attack in Niger, when operatives overran a military outpost in the Lake Chad Basin area in Bosso, killing 30 Nigerien soldiers, two Nigerian soldiers, and injuring 67; the group conducted its first known attack in Niger on 30 January 2015, when operatives tried to overrun Bosso and Diffa, resulting in the deaths of four Nigerien soldiers, one civilian, and approximately 109 Boko Haram fighters; Niger continues in 2017 to participate in the Joint Multinational Force's military offensives against Boko Haram