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Govt, Niger to Address Trade Imbalances
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 18, 2007
outh Africa and Niger are to expand the variety of goods traded between them, in order to address the huge trade imbalance between the two countries, in South Africa's ... more
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Teacher Strikes And Student Protests 'Jeopardizing' Education
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 18, 2007
ore strikes among primary and secondary school teachers have been met with violent protests in Niamey by their disgruntled students, and as separate protests erupt on university campuses, some observers are warning that the whole academic year is in ... more
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South Africa, Nigeria Lead in PAMO
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 18, 2007
he 17th edition of the Pan African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) came to an end over the weekend in Abuja with South Africa and the host, Nigeria leading the ... more
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Govt and Niger Meet to Strengthen Ties
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, April 17, 2007
outh Africa and Niger are to strengthen political and economic ties when their respective foreign ministers meet in Pretoria on ... more
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Sahelian Nomads Caught Between Worlds
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 12, 2007
tanding over six feet tall and dressed in a dark blue flowing gown and matching head cloth that exposes only his nose and the sunglasses covering his eyes, Abdou Rahaman was quite an imposing ... more
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NIGER: Government ministers dismissed following corruption allegations
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
IAMEY Tuesday, June 27, 2006 (IRIN) - Nigerâ??s ministers for health and education were dismissed on Tuesday following allegations of corruption by donors and development ... more
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NIGER: Praying for rain
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
IAMEY Wednesday, June 28, 2006 (IRIN) - The head of state and his cabinet turned out Wednesday to join the mainly Muslim population of this impoverished desert country in prayers for nourishing seasonal rains to begin to ... more
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NIGER: â??Dead countryâ? campaign against high cost of living
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
IAMEY Friday, July 07, 2006 (IRIN) - Petrol at over US $1 per gallon and soaring electricity, mobile telephone, education and medical bills are uniting Nigerâ??s citizens, who have turned the capital Niamey into a â??dead countryâ? three times in the past ... more
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NIGER: Government moves to ease food concerns
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
IAMEY Monday, July 10, 2006 (IRIN) - Faced with a poor planting season and grumbling over the high cost of living, the government of Niger has released 20,000 tonnes of cereal onto the market at reduced prices to help offset the countryâ??s lean ... more
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NIGER: Protests against soaring cost of living
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
IAMEY Tuesday, July 18, 2006 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people turned out on the streets of Niamey on Tuesday to protest against high costs for fuel and other essential commodities. ... more
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NIGER: Rains bring hope of averting food shortages
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
IAMEY Tuesday, July 25, 2006 (IRIN) - Nigerâ??s prayers have finally been answered as life-giving rains fall across most of the arid country, increasing hopes that last yearâ??s devastating food crisis may not be repeated this ... more
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NIGER: Fight desert with trees, president says
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
IAMEY Thursday, August 03, 2006 (IRIN) - Vast arid Niger needs to plant more trees and irrigate more land to combat the creeping desert and fight growing hunger, according to President Mamadou ... more
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NIGER: Government takes lead in combating hunger
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
IAMEY Wednesday, August 09, 2006 (IRIN) - Niger's government has secured international financial backing for its measures to boost rural food supplies and support to increase access to information that could help the country tackle long-term structural ... more
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NIGER: Cash shortfall derails child health goals
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
ARADI Tuesday, August 29, 2006 (IRIN) - Experts are applauding government-led solutions to deal with Nigerâ??s chronic health problems but say funding shortfalls are holding up ... more
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NIGER: When development is an emergency
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
AMTALA Tuesday, August 29, 2006 (IRIN) - The steady, rhythmic thud of women grinding millet and sorghum is the only sound that breaks the silence in Tamtala, a remote, mud-walled village in the southwest of ... more
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NIGER: Thousands displaced by flooding
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
IAMEY Wednesday, August 30, 2006 (IRIN) - Torrential rains have left at least 17,000 people homeless in the north and south of Niger, according to authorities who have appealed for urgent ... more
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NIGER: Peanut-based wonder-food needs wider use
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
ANSANE HAOUSSA Monday, September 04, 2006 (IRIN) - Smearing creamed peanut around his face like any child tucking into a tasty treat, 17 month old Nigerien Samara Issa nibbles away at his Plumpyâ??nut bar, a wonder-food health workers say could help stamp out ... more
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NIGER: Water, water everywhere but few have access
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
IAMEY Friday, September 08, 2006 (IRIN) - The desert is fabled for creating mirages, the false appearance of a body of water amidst the sandy plains, but it is no illusion that beneath the deserts of Niger lies enough water to sate the thirst of the entire population and their... more
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NIGER: Floods wreck fragile livelihoods
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
IAMEY Wednesday, September 13, 2006 (IRIN) - Torrential rains have washed away the mud-walled homes and livelihoods of 32,000 people in Niger this year, authorities said on Wednesday, nearly double the number previously known to be ... more
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NIGER: Cholera epidemic follows floods
IRIN - Thursday, April 12, 2007
IAMEY Tuesday, September 26, 2006 (IRIN) - Cholera has claimed 21 lives among 206 infected people in Niger following seasonal rains that have flooded communities and left them unable to cope with a health ... more
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