Updated Health and Travel Advisory – Level 3 Reconsider Travel, U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger
Updated Health and Travel Advisory – Level 3 Reconsider Travel, U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger (August 9, 2020) Location: Niger Event: The Travel Advisory for Niger…
Health Alert: U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger
Location: Niger Event: Airport Status, COVID-19 Testing Updates, and Embassy Operations The Nigerien Ministry of Public Health has confirmed 1,134 cases of COVID-19 in Niger,…
Holiday Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger (July 30, 2020)
Holiday Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger (July 30, 2020) Location: Niger Event: Eid-al Adha (Tabaski) is on Friday, July 31, 2020, and Niger’s…
Health Alert: U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger (July 22, 2020)
Location: Niger Event: Airport Status and Embassy Operations The Nigerien Ministry of Public Health has confirmed 1,113 cases of COVID-19 in Niger, including 69 deaths.…
Freedom in a Time of Turmoil Opinion-Editorial by Ambassador Eric P. Whitaker
Every July 4, Americans come together to celebrate our nation’s independence. We gather in towns and cities across America holding parades and picnics to reflect…
World Refugee Day 2020
Refugees face incredible challenges including lack of safety, security, and freedom of movement and difficulties obtaining legal recognition and personal documents. Niger has arguably the…
On Combating Drought and Desertification: You Can Make a Difference!
By Eric P. Whitaker, U.S. Ambassador to Niger The United Nations has declared June 17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought to draw…
With Liberty and Justice for All, Op Ed by Ambassador Eric P. Whitaker
In the United States and across the world, many watched with anguish the death on May 25 of George Floyd in Minneapolis. This tragedy, fully…
On the Attack in Intikane
United States Embassy Niamey 4 June 2020 PRESS RELEASE The Embassy of the United States is outraged over the senseless attack on Sunday, May…
Statement by Ambassador Eric P. Whitaker on the Death of George Floyd
Statement by Ambassador Eric P. Whitaker – “I am profoundly troubled by the tragic and unnecessary death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The U.S. Department…
Health Alert: Niger COVID-19 Updates – U.S. Embassy Niamey
Location: Niger Event: The Nigerien Ministry of Public Health has confirmed 958 cases of COVID-19 in Niger, including 65 deaths. Niger’s land border closures remain in…
How Strong Democratic Values Help Defeat a Pandemic
Op Ed by Ambassador Eric Whitaker If ever the world needed a reminder of the critical importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the…
Telephonic Press Briefing on COVID-19 in Africa and the U.S. Response with Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy,...
Special Briefing Via Telephone May 6, 2020Download or listen to the audio file here . Moderator: Good afternoon to everyone from the U.S. Department of State’s…
Ramadan Message from Ambassador Whitaker
For millions of Nigeriens, the month of Ramadan is a holy period for believers to renew their faith through strict fasting, fervent prayer, reading of…
Health Alert: Special Flight Leaving Niamey, Niger on Wednesday, April 29 to the United States
Location: Niger Event: With the suspension of commercial air service in Niger due to COVID-19, U.S. Embassy Niamey has worked with the Government of Niger to…
Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger
Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger (April 23, 2020) Location: Niamey, Niger Event: The purpose of this notice is to remind everyone to increase…
Secretary of State Statement On Covid-19
For Immediate Release STATEMENT BY SECRETARY MICHAEL R. POMPEO April 22, 2020 The United States Continues Leadership in the Global COVID-19 Response with More Than…
Update – Last Repatriation Flight: U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger
Location: Niger Event: This message has been updated with information regarding the repatriation flight’s possible departure date, cost of tickets, baggage, and pets. The Department…
