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Thu, 11 Nov 2021 05:13:24 GMT
'Last Two Weeks Have Been Even More Tragic Than Usual'
[Agenzia Fides] Niamey -- "The wind is blowing in both directions. The last two weeks in Niger have been even more tragic than usual. A few days ago at least 60 farmers and a dozen soldiers were killed in the so-called 'three borders' and only a few ...

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 06:12:40 GMT
School Fire Kills At Least 25 Children in Niger
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- At least 25 primary school children were killed after their straw-hut classrooms caught fire in Maradi region, Niger on Monday, November 8, 2021.

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 08:24:16 GMT
'We Have Nothing Left' - the Catastrophic Consequences of Criminalising Livelihoods
[The Conversation Africa] We were in Obalende: a bustling working-class neighbourhood of office buildings, shops and residential areas, on Lagos Island, Nigeria. During the day, the neighbourhood teems with small market stalls selling all manner of t...

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 08:13:42 GMT
Power Line Connecting Nigeria to Niger, Others for Completion in 2023
[This Day] The West African Power Pool (WAPP) North Core Project, a transmission line that will link Nigeria to three countries, will be completed in 2023, Chairman, Executive Board of the regional body, Dr. Sule Abdulaziz, has said.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 05:28:06 GMT
Dozens Dead in Attack By Gunmen - Govt
[allAfrica] At least 69 people, including a mayor, have been killed in an attack by gunmen in southwestern Niger, the country's government has confirmed.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 10:47:58 GMT
Statement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission On the Terrorist Attack in Niger
[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Niger's southern Tillabery region that left 69 civilians dead.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:30:50 GMT
Niger Pledges Protection of Arusha - Based African Court
[Daily News] THE Republic of Niger has reiterated a strong commitment to the protection of human rights and mandate of the Arusha-based African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) as the only continental judicial body of the African Union (AU...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 14:43:23 GMT
Digital Press Briefing with U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
[State Department] Digital press briefing with U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield discussed her trip to Mali, Niger, and Gabon.

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 14:35:14 GMT
How to Respond to a 'Year of Coups?' We Can Try in Mali.
[USIP] Armed coup attempts have struck five countries of the greater Sahel. Better policies can help reverse that.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:47:44 GMT
It Takes a Village - Village Protection Committees Intercept Child Marriages in Niger
[Spotlight Initiative] Two seated girls smiling

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:00:12 GMT
This Is How Niger Is Battling Climate Change #AfricaClimateCrisis
[World Bank] In Niger and in the Sahel countries, the threat of climate change is a daily reality for its inhabitants. Temperatures are rising 1.5 times faster than in the rest of the world. Droughts, regular floods and soil degradation cause agricul...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:40:31 GMT
Azhar Strongly Condemns Attack On Mosque in Niger
[Egypt Online] Al Azhar strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a mosque in western Niger's Tillaberi region where ten people were killed while performing night prayer.



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