Ethiopia, Ivorians & Tunisia advance
Source: BBC
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-06-17 01:26:51 -0700 | sports-news
Ethiopia, Ivory Coast and Tunisia through Ivory Coast became the first team to reach the third and final round of Africa's World Cup qualifying when winning 4-2 in Tanzania. The Elephants were joined a few hours later by Ethiopia, who...
Preparing for floods in West Africa
Source: IRIN
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-06-14 08:35:53 -0700 | green-news
West African and Sahel countries are setting up measures to minimize flood damage as the annual rainy season approaches. Sahel, which stretches across Mauritania, Senegal and western and central Niger. These regions are expected to be the area with the...
Niger: Bad Dream Approaches as Militants Set Sights On Niamey
Source: Africa Headlines
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-06-13 04:30:37 -0700 | travel-news
When Agadez's army barracks was hit by a suicide explosion on May 23rd the Nigerien bad dream seemed like it had finally come true. For many Nigeriens it has been a case of when rather than if the crisis in...
Official: No police injured in attack in Niger
Source: Boston.com
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-06-12 08:25:35 -0700 | travel-news
Niger (AP) Niger's minister of defense said that assailants on foot and in a 4x4 attempted to force their way into a school for paramilitary police in a northern suburb of the capital, but were pushed back and fled. Defense...
Niger: Boosting Youth Employment in Niger
Source: Africa Headlines
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-06-12 04:21:28 -0700 | political-news
Niamey In Niger, a country where 67% of the population is under 25 years of age, the problem of youth unemployment and underemployment is acute, given that the lack of job opportunities threatens to undermine the country's political and economic...
Official: Shooting breaks out near Niger base
Source: The Boston Globe
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-06-11 17:05:31 -0700 | travel-news
Niger (AP) Shooting erupted late Tuesday near a college for Niger's paramilitary police in a suburb of the capital, the minister of defense said. Nearby residents who were contacted by telephone said they were hunkered down, and a battle appeared...
Nigeria offensive pushes 6,000 refugees into Niger: U.N.
Source: Reuters
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-06-11 17:07:17 -0700 | travel-news
Topics Women attempt to cross Jos Road with their belongings, after the military declared a 24-hour curfew over large parts of Maiduguri in Borno State May 19, 2013.
Young World quiz
Source: The Hindu
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-06-10 04:55:31 -0700 | business-news
Name the freedom fighter, to whom the patriotic poem Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is attributed...What first does Alam Ara, directed by Ardeshir Irani and released in 1931, have as regards Indian cinema?...According to a recent research finding, which allotrope of carbon...
Niger: Niger Detainees Behind Prison Break Had 'Outside Complicity'
Source: Africa Headlines
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-06-04 04:36:09 -0700 | travel-news
Niger's government says a manhunt is underway for 22 prisoners who escaped from a prison Saturday during a jail break attempt by three detainees being held on terrorism charges...Exactly how the three detainees were able to get a gun inside...
US rewards for African militants
Source: BBC
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-06-03 22:15:35 -0700 | travel-news
US offers rewards for capture of African militants The highest reward was for Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau The US is offering rewards for the first time for information on Islamist militants in North and West Africa. The highest reward...
Niger says 'terrorists escaped' in jail raid
Source: Al Jazeera
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-06-03 05:58:01 -0700 | travel-news
16 Officials say inmates facing terrorism charges killed three prison guards during Saturday's shootout [AFP] Niger's government has said that about 22 inmates, including several "terrorists", escaped a prison in the capital Niamey after armed men attacked the jail.
Niger: Boko Haram prisoners tried to escape
Source: The Boston Globe
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-06-02 15:25:14 -0700 | travel-news
Niger (AP) A Niger official says that members of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram tried to escape from the central prison in Niamey on Saturday afternoon and killed two guards. Niger prosecutor Ibrahim Waziri said late Saturday night that...
Gunmen Attack Prison In Niger Capital
Source: Sky News
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-06-01 20:07:31 -0700 | travel-news
Witnesses say several guards have been shot after gunmen attacked a prison in Niamey. The unidentified men opened fire on the facility in the centre of the Niger capital on Saturday, a week after al Qaeda-linked fighters launched twin attacks...
New Report States Uranium Demand to Grow at 4% CAGR
Source: The Motley Fool
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-05-29 12:07:36 -0700 | business-news
Peter is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited...Either way, with the supply side looking increasingly challenged, uranium prices are likely to go higher. Last...
'You never answer your phone, you don't file expenses and you miss important meetings': ...
Source: The independent
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-05-29 05:35:32 -0700 | travel-news
A fascinating insight into the inner workings of al-Qa'ida has been provided via a letter from the terror network's central command which berates international terrorist Moktar Belmoktar for not answering his phone, failing to file expenses and missing important meetings....
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