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Niger: Niger is drying up
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, October 03, 2007
p>Ishtar warns us, “ Niger is drying up “: The seasonal rivers are a thing of the past, but the seasonal “tapki” lakes will be around for good couple of months. Under the scorching sun, I was really tempted to take a dip in the water, until I saw that... more
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Foreign Minister Sees Central Role for UN Economic And Social Council
allAfrica.com - Monday, October 01, 2007
he Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has a decisive role to play in promoting development as a central United Nations organ, the Foreign Minister of Niger told the General Assembly ... more
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Issues In State Creation
allAfrica.com - Monday, October 01, 2007
t is good news that the current National Assembly has, among its priority agenda, the issue of the review of the 1999 Constitution. This no doubt, has opened a new opportunity for the agitators for the creation of additional states in the polity. The issue of states creation itself will... more
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Prosecutor Brings "Inconsistent And Absurd" Indictment Against Moussa Kaka
allAfrica.com - Thursday, September 27, 2007
detailed indictment used to charge leading journalist Moussa Kaka yesterday with "complicity in a conspiracy against state authority" was "inconsistent and absurd," Reporters Without Borders said. The manager of privately-owned Radio Saraouniya and correspondent of Radio France Internationale and Reporters Without Borders, Kaka was arrested on 20 ... more
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After Four Days in Police Custody, Veteran Journalist Imprisoned for Allegedly "Conniving" With Rebels
allAfrica.com - Thursday, September 27, 2007
veteran radio journalist for French broadcaster Radio France Internationale, distinguished for his exclusive coverage of a seventh-month-old armed rebellion in northern Niger, was sent to prison today after four days in police custody on accusations of aiding the rebels, according to local ... more
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Moussa Kaka Taken to Niamey Prison Without Explanation
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 25, 2007
eporters Without Borders today condemned the transfer of radio station head Moussa Kaka to Niamey prison after a prolonged period in custody without being taken before the prosecutor or being given any explanation, as demanded under ... more
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Let's Salvage Airline Industry Together - Capt. Sanusi
allAfrica.com - Friday, September 21, 2007
he managing director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Capt. Ado Sanusi, has urged the government and stakeholders in the aviation industry to join hands to move Nigeria away from being a safety-deficient zone to a safe ... more
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RFI And Reporters Without Borders Correspondent Held Incommunicado
allAfrica.com - Friday, September 21, 2007
eporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of Moussa Kaka, director of privately-owned Radio Saraouniya and Niger correspondent of Radio France Internationale and Reporters Without Borders, who was arrested yesterday evening and who is being held at police headquarters in ... more
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Minister Tasks Officials, Niger On Security
allAfrica.com - Thursday, September 20, 2007
inister of Interior, Major General Godwin Abe (rtd) has tasked Nigeria and Niger officials at the border posts to find ways of strengthening security at the entry points between the two ... more
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Dozens Arrested in North As Critics Targeted
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 18, 2007
ivilians in northern Niger are being arrested without charge after the government declared a state of emergency there last month, according to the governor of ... more
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West Africa: this year's rain has killed thousands
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, September 12, 2007
p>Black Looks reports that flash floods have left thousands of people homeless in West Africa . ... more
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Niger: The Yellowcake Conspiracy
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, September 12, 2007
p> The Yellowcake Conspiracy is an African spy thriller for 11 to 14 year-old boys: “The Yellowcake Conspiracy is about a group of malcontent Tuareg fighters mounting a ’second rebellion’ in Niger under the leadership of a man known only as ‘the Teacher’ (the first rebellion ended back in... more
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It's Match Day And Fans Are Ready
allAfrica.com - Monday, September 10, 2007
Y the time the early morning dew had dried off the Namboole Stadium turf, hundreds of fans had already made their way into the 40,000-capacity sports arena to cheer Uganda Cranes to the Nations Cup in their do-or-die qualifying encounter with ... more
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Country Loss Holds Up Uganda Cranes
allAfrica.com - Monday, September 10, 2007
IGER head coach Hamey Amadu on Saturday labeled Cranes winger David Obua a "genius" after watching his side collapse under the masterful performance of the lanky ... more
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Niger State National Domestic Trade Fair Comes With a New Face
allAfrica.com - Friday, September 07, 2007
he 5th Niger State National Domestic Trade Fair organized by The Niger State Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Tourism and Cooperatives in conjunction with The Niger Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mine and Agriculture (NCCIM) ended on a clean ... more
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Field is Ready
allAfrica.com - Thursday, September 06, 2007
ECURITY has been beefed up at Mandela stadium as tension and excitement rises before the make-or-break Nations Cup qualifier against Niger on ... more
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It's a Friendly Game to Us - Coach
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, September 05, 2007
o the Niger team, the Nations Cup tie against Uganda is nothing more than a friendly ... more
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Niger: Civilians targeted by government forces, says rebel group
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, September 05, 2007
p>The blog of Mouvement des Nigeriens pour la justice , a tuareg rebel group in Niger, writes that the retreating government army killed several civilians (Fr) during a recent fight. MNJ calls the government’s actions “vengeance upon the innocent.” ... more
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Government Bans Live Broadcasts On Tuareg Rebellion
allAfrica.com - Friday, August 31, 2007
iger's state-run High Council on Communications has banned the broadcast of live debates on an armed rebellion of nomadic Tuaregs in the north of the uranium-rich West African nation, according to local journalists. Attacks by Tuareg fighters have killed at least 45 soldiers since February, according to ... more
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Sh10m at Stake for Cranes - Country Tie
allAfrica.com - Thursday, August 30, 2007
H10M will be up for grabs when Uganda battles Niger in the last Africa Cup of Nation qualifier against Niger on September 8. The jackpot has been staked by Sports Betting Africa and is to run at 15 terminals in Kampala's five ... more
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