Niger Armed Forces

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military organization

The Niger Armed Forces are the national military of Niger, responsible for defending the country’s sovereignty, maintaining internal security, and conducting operations against insurgent and rebel groups.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Niger Armed Forces canonical 3
Niger Army 2
Nigerien Armed Forces 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization ⓘ
abbreviation FAN ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Niger Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Forces armées nigériennes
commanderTitle Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces ⓘ
Nigerien Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Minister of Defense of Niger

President of Niger ⓘ
country Niger ⓘ
dateOfFormation 1960 ⓘ
engagedIn operations against Boko Haram ⓘ
operations against Islamic State–affiliated groups ⓘ
operations against jihadist groups in the Sahel ⓘ
equipmentSource China ⓘ
France ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
establishedAfter independence of Niger ⓘ
facesChallenge insurgency in the Diffa region ⓘ
insurgency in the Tillabéri region ⓘ
limited resources and equipment ⓘ
vast and porous borders ⓘ
garrisonLocation Niamey ⓘ
hasBranch Nigerien National Gendarmerie ⓘ
surface form: National Gendarmerie of Niger

Nigerien National Guard ⓘ
surface form: National Guard of Niger

Niger Air Force ⓘ
Niger Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Niger Army

Niger Navy ⓘ
hasComponent paramilitary forces ⓘ
regular forces ⓘ
special forces units ⓘ
hasMission participation in international security operations ⓘ
protection of strategic sites ⓘ
protection of territorial integrity ⓘ
support to civil authorities ⓘ
historicalOrigin French colonial forces in Niger ⓘ
languageOfCommand French ⓘ
operatesIn Lake Chad basin ⓘ
surface form: Lake Chad Basin

Liptako-Gourma region ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
surface form: Sahel region
participatedIn United Nations peace operations ⓘ
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping operations

regional counterterrorism coalitions ⓘ
partOf Government of Niger ⓘ
primaryRole border security ⓘ
counterinsurgency ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
national defense ⓘ
serviceBranchLanguage Hausa ⓘ
Zarma language ⓘ
surface form: Zarma
subordinateTo Nigerien Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of National Defense of Niger

President of Niger ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tuareg rebellions in Niger → opposedBy → Niger Armed Forces ⓘ
Nigerien security forces → hasPart → Niger Armed Forces ⓘ
Nigerien police → collaboratesWith → Niger Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerien Armed Forces
Islamic State – West Africa Province → hasOpposingForce → Niger Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerien Armed Forces
Nigerien Ministry of Defence → responsibleFor → Niger Armed Forces ⓘ
Nigerien Ministry of Defence → oversees → Niger Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger Army
Niger Armed Forces → alsoKnownAs → Niger Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Forces armées nigériennes
Niger Armed Forces → hasBranch → Niger Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger Army