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Niger River to be rescued
afrol News, 2 May - West African leaders on Wednesday endorsed a 20-year rescue plan to save the Niger River from extinction. The US $8.6 billion project includes reforesting, rehabilitating plains and removing silt from the 4,200 km long river.
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Sahel nations lose 1.7m ha land
afrol News, 28 April - On average each year, Sahelian countries lost 1.7 million hectares of arable land to desertification, environmental experts told journalists. Read more
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Food crisis alerted in West Africa
afrol News, 22 April - Despite the above-average cereal production across much of West Africa during the 2007/08 agricultural season, localized production deficits and above-normal price increases in some areas clearly signal early increases in food insecurity. Read more
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Niger sued over slavery laws
afrol News, 7 April - The government of Niger has been dragged to the Community Court of Justice of ECOWAS [the Economic Community of West African States] in Nigeria over its failure to implement laws against slavery introduced in 2003.
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Niger rebels seize village
afrol News, 31 March - Niger's rebel Movement for Justice (MNJ) has claimed control over Gougarm, a rural village in the northern region of the country after a heavy clash with forces loyal to the government at the weekend.
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Editor jailed over "discredit"
afrol News, 7 March - A court in the Nigerien capital Niamey has sentenced the editor of the independent bi-monthly 'L'Eveil Plus' to a month in prison for "discrediting" a court decision. Aboubacar Gourouza was also fined US $100. Read more
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RSF chief denied Niger visa
afrol News, 3 March - Nigerien authorities have denied visa to the Secretary General of Rapporteur sans frontières (RSF) to participate in a special day of solidarity organised in honour of the organisation's imprisoned correspondent, Moussa Kaka. Read more
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Niger measles fluctuates
afrol News, 14 February - A team of international researchers has discovered that measles epidemics in Niger fluctuate wildly from one season to another, but the timing of the outbreaks always coincides with the end of the annual rainy season. Read more
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MNJ abducts state officials
afrol News, 22 January - Niger Movement for Justice (MNJ) has abducted several government and military officials after launching an attack on the central-eastern town of Tanout on Monday.
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Landmine kills media chief
afrol News, 9 January - The Director of Radio et Musique (R&M) in Niger, Abdou Mahaman, was yesterday killed by a landmine explosion in Yantala, a suburb in the West of the capital Niamey.
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Marriage scourge exposed
afrol News / IRIN, 20 December - Fifteen-year-old Hadjo Garbo’s child-like features belie a history more tragic and life-altering than many adults four times her age will have experienced. Read more
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MFWA petitions bulldozers
afrol News, 20 November - The Accra-based Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has singled out Niger and The Gambia as the worst bulldozers of human rights and press freedom in West Africa. The media rights watchdog has dispatched a complaint to the 42nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights in Congo Brazzaville, drawing the commissioners’ attention to deplorable erosion of rights in the two countries.
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» 10.08.2007 - Niger joins migrant prevention
» 07.08.2007 - Areva lost Niger’s uranium monopoly
» 13.07.2007 - Niger media punished for rebel coverage
» 04.06.2007 - Canadians intensify Niger uranium mining
» 01.06.2007 - Niger govt agrees to fight slavery
» 30.05.2007 - Niger: 17 soldiers killed in rebel battle
» 05.05.2007 - Niger set to raise uranium production
» 05.03.2007 - More uranium found in Niger
» 05.01.2007 - Burkina Faso-Niger border tense
» 27.10.2006 - Chad enters Niger's nomadic fray
» 26.10.2006 - Fears of instability after Niger expels Arabs
» 08.09.2006 - Floods in Niger, Burkina Faso affect 26,000
» 04.09.2006 - Niger govt continues to detain four journalists
» 19.06.2006 - Generous herdsmen of Niger honoured by UNESCO
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