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Country's Malnourished Throng Niger's Feeding Centres
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 14, 2007
mergency feeding centres for malnourished children in Niger, the poorest country in the world, are drawing a growing numbers of mothers with malnourished children from oil-rich Nigeria who cross the border in search of medical help not available at ... more
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UN Says Education Sector Ready for More Donor Attention
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, June 12, 2007
iger's government along with two United Nations agencies have called on donors and NGOs to restart assistance for education in Niger following a corruption scandal last year which led to the freezing of most ... more
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Health Worker Helps Fistula Patients
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, June 12, 2007
ater this year, Salamatou Traoré -- a leading health worker in Niger -- will be awarded a five thousand dollar grant from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in recognition of her work to assist women who suffer from fistulas. She is one of three persons being honoured by the... more
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Population Surging While Farm Land is Shrinking
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 07, 2007
ith too little arable land and too many people to feed, Niger is heading towards a permanent food security crisis, experts said this ... more
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Dole - One Village, Two Countries
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 04, 2007
t was about noon. The Kokani of Dole, Alhaji Sani Isa, the Director of Finance and Supply, Kebbi state Local Government Service Commission, Alhaji Muhammadu Wakkala, Mallam Musa Mallam Babba, Mallam Yusuf Mudi and I had strolled from the Kokani ward to a western ward in the village on a... more
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Cranes the Eagles' Nightmare
allAfrica.com - Sunday, June 03, 2007
Uganda 2 Nigeria ... more
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Transcorp Looks At New Carriers Carrier Strategy For 'Car Wreck' Nitel
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 31, 2007
lthough Transcorp succeeded in buying Nigeria's incumbent Nitel, it does not have the necessary funds to invest in developing it. Despite conducting a fairly vigorous round of fundraising, both local and international investors have remained lukewarm about putting their money into this "car-wreck" of a company. Its new management has... more
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New Slavery Study Welcomed By Human Rights Experts
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 31, 2007
eople are still enslaved in Niger, but an announcement that the government has agreed to sponsor an independent investigation into the issue has raised hopes for change among some human rights ... more
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Niger: environmental war
Global Voices Online - Monday, May 28, 2007
p>“Earlier this year, I mentioned the emergence of a new rebel movement among the Touareg minority in northern Niger. Since then, the Mouvement des Nigeriens pour la Justice (MNJ) has stepped up its activity, claiming responsibility for a pitched battle with government troops in March and a recent attack on... more
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Kotoko, Enyimba Draw
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 28, 2007
ISITING ASANTE Kotoko laboured to a goalless drawn game against Enyimba FC of Nigeria in an international friendly in Lagos last ... more
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Airborne Survey of Uranium Permits in Commences
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 24, 2007
orth Atlantic Resources Ltd. has commenced an airborne survey of its three uranium exploration permits in the Republic of Niger. The projects are comprised of a 1 000 square kilometer block of mineral rights in the Assaouas area and a 2 000 square kilometer block of mineral rights in the... more
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Carjacking Causes Organization to Halt Aid Operation
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 22, 2007
t least one international relief organisation has suspended its work in the north of Niger because armed groups are commandeering vehicles and laying anti-personnel mines in the ... more
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NIC Gives Cranes Shs345 Million
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 14, 2007
ATIONAL Insurance Corporation (NIC) Ltd yesterday unveiled Shs345million worth of offers towards Cranes' cause of defeating Nigeria and smoother the road to the 20080 Ghana Nations ... more
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Not Just More Wells But Clean Wells
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 07, 2007
any Nigeriens live next to wells yet still they don't have access to ... more
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Polio Still Threatens Country
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 03, 2007
igeria is ignoring global efforts to stamp out polio, but across the border in cash-strapped Niger officials say they are determined to stop the virus's ... more
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Country Seeks Nigerian Investors
allAfrica.com - Monday, April 30, 2007
iger Republic has canvassed for Nigerian investors to take advantage of the business opportunities and favourable investment in that country, saying intra-African trade is one of the ways to break the circle of underdevelopment of ... more
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Protesters Target Aid Agencies
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 26, 2007
ioting students in the Nigerien capital Niamey on Wednesday burned a vehicle belonging to a national development agency during a violent protest, part of an emerging trend of demonstrators attacking vehicles belonging to aid ... more
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Niger: Teacher Strike, Violent Student Protests
Global Voices Online - Thursday, April 26, 2007
p>In Niger, violent protests by students (Fr) continued at the University of Niamey. The students are demanding (En) striking primary and secondary school teachers return to work. Nigerien civil society has meanwhile announced its support for the students ‘ “fight for the improvement of... more
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President Ignores Freedom of Information Bill Amid 'Charade' Elections
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 25, 2007
n the aftermath of what observers called "seriously flawed" presidential elections in Nigeria, President Olusegun Obasanjo failed to sign into law a bill that would have strengthened his battle against corruption, reports Media Rights Agenda ... more
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Waterborne Disease Blights Millions of Lives
allAfrica.com - Friday, April 20, 2007
lmost a quarter of Nigeriens suffer from bilharzia, an infection spread by swimming or bathing in water contaminated with urine and faeces, according to new research by Niger's Ministry of ... more
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