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Radio Station Shut Down for Broadcasting Military Brutalities
allAfrica.com - Friday, April 25, 2008
ahara FM, a privately-owned radio station based in Agadez, the largest city in the northern part of Niger, was on April 22, 2008, shut down indefinitely by the media regulator, the High Communications Council (CSC) for allegedly “inciting ethnic hatred and undermining the morale of the ... more
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Private Radio Station Closed for Broadcasting Testimonies of Soldiers' Victims
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 23, 2008
he following is an abridged translation of a 22 April 2008 RSF press ... more
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Agadez-Based Radio Station Closed for Reporting Abuses By Soldiers in North
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 23, 2008
oday's decision by the Higher Council for Communication (CSC) to close privately-owned radio Sahara FM, the main radio station in the northern city of Agadez, is an authoritarian blunder that will just aggravate the situation in Niger's strife-ridden northern region, Reporters Without Borders ... more
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Ndayako And Niger Election Tribunal
allAfrica.com - Monday, April 14, 2008
he text of the Judgment delivered on the 29th of February 2008, in the petition by Senator Dangana Ndayako who contested the Senatorial seat for the Niger South Senatorial District will leave not a few questions ... more
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Royce Renews Call for Charles Taylor to be Brought to Justice
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
alling the democratic presidential election in Liberia a renewed opportunity to ensure that Charles Taylor faces justice, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA-40) sent a letter today to President-elect Ellen ... more
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Ellen, VP Boakai Urge Liberian Refugees to Return Home
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
resident Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has called on Liberian refugees residing in Niger to return home and participate in the nation's rebuilding process, assuring them that her administration will strive to provide opportunities for ... more
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Former Liberian President Nabbed, Faces UN War Crimes Trial
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
ormer Liberian President Charles Taylor is being held by the United Nations-backed War Crimes Court in Sierra Leone after his failed attempt to escape from exile in ... more
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Taylor Lands in Liberia en Route to Freetown
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
ormer President Charles Taylor has landed in Liberia from Abuja, Nigeria. Mr. Taylor touched down on the RIA tarmac under rainy skies. The helocopter was surrounded by Irish and Jordanian troops. Who are waiting to whisk Mr. Taylor off to Freetown, Sierra Leone from RIA. It is speculated that he... more
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Troops Kill 5, Arrest 47 Islamic Radicals in Yobe
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
IGERIAN troops and border guards from neighbouring Niger have killed or captured more than 50 Islamic radicals who launched a Taliban-style revolt, officials said yesterday. A spokesman for the Yobe State government said 47 rebels had been detained since Friday and five killed, along with three women and two children... more
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Government Reports Clashes With Islamic Militants
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
overnment troops and members of an armed Islamic group have clashed in recent weeks in the north of Niger, Defence Minister Hassane Bonto told parliament on ... more
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At Least 11 Herdsmen Killed in Harvest-Time Clashes
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
lashes between nomadic herdsman and landowners over land in south-western Niger have killed at least 11 people and injured about 30 others, a local government official ... more
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11 Killed in Clashes Between Farmers And Fulani Herdsmen
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
lashes between nomadic herdsmen and local landowners in drought-hit Niger resulted in the death of 11 people at the weekend, a radio journalist who visited the scene told IRIN on ... more
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African Leaders to Assist in Peace Process
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
resident Thabo Mbeki is visiting Côte d'Ivoire today, in an attempt to assist the country achieve lasting ... more
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Govt Expulsion Order Will Fuel Instability, Arabs Warn
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
uthorities in Niger have started expelling 4,000 Arab settlers into neighbouring Chad, but community leaders have warned the government's decision could kick-start inter-ethnic violence in the dirt-poor ... more
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Katsina to Send Students to Sudan
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
atsina State Government is considering sending some selected students, versed in the Arabic Language to Sudan, to pursue courses in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Medicine and other science related ... more
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World Water Day Ripples Across Videos.
Global Voices Online - Monday, March 24, 2008
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Zen Water by darkpatator Every year since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, on March 22nd has been the World Water Day . In addition, this year it is... more
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NWT Updates Shareholders on Niger Uranium 2008 Exploration Program
Topix - Monday, March 24, 2008
p> Jan. 10 - NWT Uranium Corp. is pleased to update its shareholders regarding the activities of Niger Uranium Corp., of which NWT is the largest shareholder. ... more
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Jigawa, Niger Republic Partner On Hunger, Disease
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 24, 2008
igawa State and Dosso Region in Niger Republic, are to jointly fight the growing danger posed by desert encroachment and communicable diseases such as poliomyelitis and ... more
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Time to Release Moussa Kaka, Arrested Exactly Six Months Ago
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, March 19, 2008
he Niger Association of Independent Press Editors (ANEPI) and the Network of Journalists for Human Rights (RJDH) - two Niamey-based organisations - have joined Reporters Without Borders in signing an appeal for the release of Moussa Kaka, the Niger correspondent of Radio France Internationale (RFI), who was arrested in Niamey... more
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Country Launches $23 Million Millennium Challenge Threshold Program
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 18, 2008
igerien Prime Minister Seini Oumarou and Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Deputy CEO Rodney Bent today officiated at the signing of a $23 million threshold program. Minister of Finance Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine and USAID West Africa Mission Director Henderson Patrick signed the agreement. The three-year program focuses on bolstering girls’... more
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