Niger food crisis worsens
Source: News 24
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-05-12 12:07:00 -0700 | travel-news
The United Nations on Sunday said 800 000 people in Niger face food insecurity and that some 84 000 are in immediate need of assistance as the humanitarian crisis worsens in the impoverished landlocked African nation...Niger's 17 million population, 84...
Nigerian military plane crashes in Niger; 2 dead
Source: Taiwan News
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-05-06 12:29:45 -0700 | travel-news
An airport official in the capital of Niger says a military plane from Nigeria has crashed, killing the two people aboard. Chaibou Massalatchi, the head of Niamey's airport, said the plane had taken off Monday to do a reconnaissance mission....
Today In History
Source: Taiwan News
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-04-30 18:26:53 -0700 | travel-news
Today is Wednesday, May 8, the 128th day of 2013...Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, is executed on the guillotine during France's Reign of Terror. British under Duke of Wellington defeat French at Fuentes d'Ontro in Portugal .
ICJ sets Niger-Burkina Faso border
Source: BBC
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-04-16 10:14:57 -0700 | travel-news
Niger-Burkina Faso border set by ICJ ruling The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has settled a decades-old border dispute between the West African nations of Niger and Burkina Faso. The two countries turned to the ICJ to settle disagreements dating...
Drones out of everywhere! Washington march against US drone warfare
Source: Russia Today
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2013-04-14 05:30:50 -0700 | travel-news
As Washington pushes to expand its drone warfare in Africa, hundreds have gathered in front of the White House to protest the robotic killing machines slaughtering thousands across the globe...The coalition urges its members to stop the US government as...
ICC hunt for Gadhafi son poses dilemma for Niger
Source: The Daily Star
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2012-01-04 13:59:14 -0800 | political-news
In this Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 file photo, Moammar Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam, top left, gestures to troops loyal to his father in Tripoli, Libya. The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Sunday he has "substantial evidence"...
16,200 employed in Civil Service sector
Source: Times of Oman
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2011-11-15 00:16:14 -0800 | political-news
Australia's Michael Clarke throws an Australian football during a practice session before their third and final test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Colombo September 14, 2011.
Libyan Convoy in Niger Where Gadhafi Has Tuareg Ties
Source: Voice of America
Agadez :: Niger | updated 2011-11-07 10:14:11 -0800 | political-news
Soldiers from the rebel Niger Movement for Justice ride on armed vehicles in the desert in northern Niger in this January 14, 2008 file photo. The Niger Movement for Justice, mainly Tuareg-led, has fought the Niamey government. "I don't think...
Large Gadhafi army convoy crosses into Niger
Source: The Globe & Mail
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2011-11-06 17:41:52 -0800 | political-news
Scores of Libyan army vehicles have crossed the desert frontier into Niger in what may be a dramatic, secretly negotiated bid by Moammar Gadhafi to seek refuge in a friendly African state, military sources from France and Niger told Reuters...
Al-Qaeda releases video with messages from 4 French hostages
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2011-06-27 15:21:13 -0700 | political-news
Video 3 minutes and 36 seconds shows successive pictures of Peter Legrand, Daniel Larribe, Thierry and Marc Furrer Dol with armed men behind them. (AFP)
Special forces to help fight al-Qaida in Africa
Source: Leader Post Online
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2011-04-05 19:21:04 -0700 | sports-news
Canadian special forces troops from Petawawa will be soon heading overseas to train soldiers from countries in North Africa who are fighting al-Qaida insurgents. The U.S.-led training exercise, dubbed Flintlock, will see troops from the Canadian Special Operations Regiment heading...
Gunmen seize Westerners in Niger
Source: BBC
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2011-03-08 09:48:01 -0800 | political-news
Gunmen kidnap two Westerners in Niamey, Niger Gunmen have kidnapped two Westerners in the capital of Niger, Niamey, security sources and eyewitnesses say. The nationalities of the two men have not been confirmed, but witnesses described them as French.
Niger: UN Cash Transfer Scheme Brings Relief to Hunger-Stricken Families
Source: Africa Headlines
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2010-11-27 15:00:50 -0800 | political-news
Niger, which has been suffering from a severe food crisis brought on by poor harvests and prolonged drought. An assessment carried out in April indicated that over 7 million people, or about 46 per cent of Niger's population, are suffering...
Food crisis in the Sahel: unlearned lessons
Source: The Guardian
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2010-10-03 04:14:17 -0700 | political-news
It happened five years ago, and this time the international aid agencies were in place when the early warning lights started flashing...More than 10 million people in the eastern Sahel, in some of the world's poorest nations such as Niger...
France working to free Niger hostage by deadline
Source: Arab News
Niamey :: Niger | updated 2010-09-22 23:23:42 -0700 | disasters-news
France is working to free one of its citizens kidnapped in Niger, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday, as a deadline set by Al-Qaeda's North African wing to kill him draws closer. President Nicolas Sarkozy said on July 13...
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