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Niger permits Chinese uranium search
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
NIGER has authorised three Chinese companies to begin prospecting for uranium in the northern desert area, the government has
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The Living Dead
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
It's a brave, or possibly ill-informed, man who attempts to sell lawnmowers in times of drought, yet there he is by the side of the road, standing proudly next to 15 such machines, each one looking as if, beneath the layers of dust from the prolonged dry season, it could
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Needy Niger
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Rated the world's poorest country according to UN statistics, Niger is more impoverished today than it was 30 years ago, with more than 60% of the population surviving on less than $1 a
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NIGER: Protests against soaring cost of living
IRIN
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Hundreds of people turned out on the streets of Niamey on Tuesday to protest against high costs for fuel and other essential commodities.
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African leaders seek Diaspora input in continent's development
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
African leaders who gathered in Nigeria for the 7th Leon Sullivan Summit have called for the involvement of the African Diaspora in efforts to develop the
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Invest in Africa: African leaders
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Invest in Africa: African leaders Thursday July 20, 2006 12:07 - ABUJA - African leaders have made a passionate appeal to Africans in the diaspora to be confident in their motherlands and commit their resources
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Niger losing funds to 'fictional' workers
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Niger is losing seven million euros a year in salaries paid to dead or retired civil servants, according to the results of an investigation published on
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Protests Against Soaring Cost of Living
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Hundreds of people turned out on the streets of Niamey on Tuesday to protest against high costs for fuel and other essential
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Monthly Inflation At 4.9 Percent
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Niger's National Statistics Institute (INS) said that June inflation stood at 4.9
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Kadhafi, Tandja discuss AU's 7th anniversary
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi and President Mamadou Tandja of Niger have reviewed preparations for celebration of the 7th anniversary of the Sirte Declaration that proclaimed the African Union , to replace the
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NIGER: Rains bring hope of averting food shortages
IRIN
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Niger's prayers have finally been answered as life-giving rains fall across most of the arid country, increasing hopes that last year's devastating food crisis may not be repeated this
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Thumb for Niger Warning
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
In Tillaberi, 140km northwest of Niger's capital Niamey, rains have finally arrived - but they are two months late.
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China to build Niger River bridge
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
China to build Niger River bridge Wednesday July 26, 2006 12:04 - NIAMEY - China will fund the construction of a second bridge into Niamey over the Niger, Africa's third longest river, a Niger diplomatic source
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Rains Bring Hope of Averting Food Shortages
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Niger's prayers have finally been answered as life-giving rains fall across most of the arid country, increasing hopes that last year's devastating food crisis may not be repeated this
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NIGER: Fight desert with trees, president says
IRIN
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
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
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Tandja vows action on Niger strikers
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Tandja vows action on Niger strikers Thursday August 03, 2006 11:03 - NIAMEY - Niger's President Mamadou Tandja has warned he would crack down on strikers demanding lower living costs in one of the world's
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Experts review anti-locust projects
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The Technical Committee for the Coordination of the Fight against Locust in member countries of the Liptako Gourma Authority is holding its first meeting in Niamey to assess the implementation of preventive
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Fight Desert With Trees, President Says
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
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
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City Takes Step to Protect Forest
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
As fears of its destruction mount, city authorities have taken steps to protect the forest, or the greenbelt, around Niamey and evict squatters living within its confines. The forest protects the city from encroaching desertification and the extremes of Niger's
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CPJ condemns jailing of two journalists in Niger
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The director and editor of the private weekly Le Rpublicain have been held in police custody since Friday and questioned over a July opinion piece suggesting that Prime Minister Hama Amadou was "deserting the ...
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