News - West Afrcia - Niger
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Food Crisis Threatens Millions in Niger |
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Niger | 1/31/2012 11:10:22 PM
More than three million people in Niger are at risk of severe food shortages in what could be a looming humanitarian crisis, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Socieites West Africa branch.
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Former Niger president Saibou dies at 71 |
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Niger | 11/1/2011 11:29:13 PM
Ali Saibou, who was president of Niger from 1987 to 1993 and brought multi-party politics to the west African country, died Monday in the capital Niamey, the presidency announced.
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Niger pledges to hand over Libyan suspects over alleged crimes |
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Niger | 9/11/2011 6:17:56 PM
The Nigerien Minister of Justice, who also doubles as government spokesman has said in a press statement that Libyans who were given refuge in Niger on “humanitarian grounds” may be handed over if they are reasonably linked with crimes which come under international law.
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Niger to export petroleum products to Nigeria |
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Niger | 8/10/2011 7:05:41 AM
President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger said, on Tuesday when visiting President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja, that his country planned to export petroleum products to Nigeria to ameliorate the problem of scarcity of the products facing residents of 19 Northern Nigerian states.
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Niger to export petroleum products to Nigeria |
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Niger | 8/10/2011 7:05:41 AM
President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger said, on Tuesday when visiting President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja, that his country planned to export petroleum products to Nigeria to ameliorate the problem of scarcity of the products facing residents of 19 Northern Nigerian states.
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ECOWAS bank loans Niger CFA 5 billion for road project |
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Niger | 10/29/2009 12:16:25 PM
The ECOWAS Investment and Development Bank (EBID) loaned Niger CFA 5 billion (about 10 million USD) to help fund the 73km-long road project Bella-Gaya at the Niger-Benin border, APA learnt Thursday from official source.
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Niger intensifies agricultural pest control campaign |
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Niger | 10/14/2009 12:26:49 PM
Niger has intensified the fight against locusts by getting an agricultural airplane, Trush Turbo type, purchased with World Bank funding through the Emergency Locust Control Project (PLUCP), APA learns Wednesday in Niamey, the capital.
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Food Crisis Threatens Millions in Niger |
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Niger | 1/31/2012 11:10:22 PM
More than three million people in Niger are at risk of severe food shortages in what could be a looming humanitarian crisis, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Socieites West Africa branch.
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UN Gives $6 Million to Mothers In Niger |
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Niger | 9/27/2010 8:56:04 PM
The United Nations is giving $6 million in cash from its Children's Fund to mothers in Niger so they can buy food amidst widespread hunger in that West African country brought on by last year's lack of needed rain for crops.
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Former Niger president Saibou dies at 71 |
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Niger | 11/1/2011 11:29:13 PM
Ali Saibou, who was president of Niger from 1987 to 1993 and brought multi-party politics to the west African country, died Monday in the capital Niamey, the presidency announced.
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Ex-Nigerien president Tandja freed |
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Niger | 5/12/2011 12:15:44 AM
Ex-Nigerien President Mamadou Tandja spent the first night as a free man with his family in Niamey's Plateau district after spending 15 months in detention.
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Niger pledges to hand over Libyan suspects over alleged crimes |
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Niger | 9/11/2011 6:17:56 PM
The Nigerien Minister of Justice, who also doubles as government spokesman has said in a press statement that Libyans who were given refuge in Niger on “humanitarian grounds” may be handed over if they are reasonably linked with crimes which come under international law.
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